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Marbled spinefoot

Siganus rivulatus
Ku linnya: The genus name Siganus comes from the Arabic sijan, meaning rabbitfish. The species name rivulatus means irregularly marked with colour, for the yellow streaks on its sides.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ebimera
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The marbled spinefoot is a shoaling fish that mostly eats algae. It lives in shallow warm seas in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean, and it has spread into the Mediterranean. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

Kibeera mu
Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea; now very common across the eastern Mediterranean1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya
Awaka
Shallow water, usually less than 15 m deep, over rock, sand or sea grass covered in algae. It prefers sheltered areas and sometimes enters estuaries. It lives in schools of 50 to several hundred fish.1
Obuwanvu
10 cm okutuuka ku 40 cm (3,9 in okutuuka ku 1,3 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5,2 km/h (3,2 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Adults mainly graze on algae, including Polysiphonia and Sphacelaria species. In spring and early summer in the northern Red Sea they have also been seen eating comb jellies and moon jellyfish. Young fish feed on tiny diatoms and then on small crustaceans called copepods.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Marbled spinefoot
Marbled spinefoot. Ekifaananyi: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Grey-green to brown upper body1
  • Yellow or silvery white underside1
  • Dark spots and yellow wavy lines along the sides1
  • Flattened body, with barbed, venomous spines in the fins1
  • Usually 10 to 20 cm long1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The spines in the fins have venom glands at their base. The venom is a protein that is damaged by heat. The sting is very painful.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The spines can inflict a painful sting if the fish is handled incorrectly. No deaths from its venom have been recorded. Separately, poisoning has been recorded in Israel after people ate its flesh, linked to fish caught in polluted water.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Its spines are barbed and venomous, and they can injure anyone who handles the fish carelessly.1

Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita

  • The affected area should be treated with as high a temperature as possible, within 43 to 46 °C, because heat damages the venom. The person should also be checked for possible infection.1
  • 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?

Marbled spinefoot kiwanvu nga 40 cm (1,3 ft)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 2 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkiwanvu nga bbulooka 12 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 35

Marbled spinefoot kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Some people have reported hallucinations after eating it.1

2

Eating its flesh has caused poisoning, and the toxins involved are similar to ciguatoxin.1

3

Its spines carry venom from glands at their base, so the fish can sting when it is handled.1

4

Adults can eat jellyfish, including comb jellies and moon jellyfish, in parts of the northern Red Sea.1

5

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, first recorded off Palestine in 1927.1

6

It can be bred in captivity and is being studied as a farmed fish because it eats plant-based feed.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Siganus rivulatus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Siganidae2
Ensengeka
Acanthuriformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
The fish lays eggs, which are fertilised outside the body. The eggs are 0.5 to 0.6 mm across, and the adults give them no care.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Siganus rivulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus rivulatus (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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