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Leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus
Ku linnya: Taenianotus combines the Latin 'taenia', a narrow flat band, with the Greek 'notus', meaning back, for its long fin. The species name triacanthus means 'three spines', although the fish actually has only two spines on its cheek.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The leaf scorpionfish is a flat, leaf-shaped fish that looks like a dead leaf drifting in the water. It lives on tropical coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific. It is special because it hides in plain sight and waits for its prey to come close.1

Kibeera mu
Indo-Pacific, from the east African coast and Red Sea to Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, the Ryukyu Islands and the coast of New South Wales1
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal
Awaka
It lives in tropical waters on coral reefs, from shallow water down to a depth of 130 m.1
Obuwanvu
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is an ambush predator. It waits until a small fish or shrimp comes close, then moves in slowly with its pectoral fins and opens its mouth suddenly to suck the prey in. It eats small crustaceans, fishes and larvae.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Leaf scorpionfish
Leaf scorpionfish. Ekifaananyi: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • It is almost as flat as a leaf.1
  • Its colour varies from green, red, pink, brown, ocher and yellowish to ghostly white.1
  • A dark line runs through its eyes.1
  • Its large dorsal fin starts just behind the eyes and has 12 spines.1
  • Its skin often has blotches, and sometimes algae and hydroids grow on it.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom of the leaf scorpionfish is considerably weaker than that of the lionfish and stonefish.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It relies on camouflage, resembling a dead leaf and making gentle sideways movements with its pelvic area so it looks like a drifting inert object.1

Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita

  • Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Amaggwa gaayo bwe gakufumita: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Leaf scorpionfish kiwanvu nga 10 cm (3,9 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 3 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 90

Leaf scorpionfish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

It sheds its skin every 10 to 14 days.1

2

It can change colour after each moult.1

3

Sometimes real algae and hydroids grow on its skin, adding to its camouflage.1

4

It has appendages around its mouth that help it blend in with its surroundings.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The species name triacanthus suggests the fish has three spines on its cheek.

Amazima: The fish has only two such spines, despite its name.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Taenianotus triacanthus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Scorpaenidae2
Ensengeka
Perciformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Taenianotus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Taenianotus triacanthus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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