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Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus
Kisobola okuttaTokwatakoKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita, funa obuyambi mangu.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.1

Kibeera mu
Indo-Pacific, including Singapore; also the eastern Mediterranean, and sometimes freshwater in East Africa and Madagascar1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal
Awaka
It is found mainly in coral reefs, and also in estuaries, tide pools and open coasts. Juveniles form dense, ball-shaped schools, while adults hide under ledges during the day.1
Obuwanvu
32 cm (1 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Adults constantly search and stir the sand for crustaceans, molluscs, worms and sometimes fish.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Striped eel catfish
Striped eel catfish. Ekifaananyi: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Brown body with cream-coloured or white lengthwise bands1
  • Second dorsal, tail and anal fins are joined together, as in an eel1
  • Four pairs of barbels (whisker-like feelers) around the mouth1
  • A highly venomous spine on the first dorsal fin and on each pectoral fin1
  • Adults can reach 32 cm1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.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?

Striped eel catfish kiwanvu nga 32 cm (1 ft)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 10 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 33

Striped eel catfish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1

2

In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1

3

Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1

4

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1

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Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Plotosus lineatus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Plotosidae2
Ensengeka
Siluriformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Plotosus lineatus (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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