Hardhead catfish
The hardhead catfish is a sea catfish that lives in shallow coastal waters of the northwest Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. It has sharp spines on its fins that can be venomous, so it is one to admire from a distance. Male hardhead catfish also carry their eggs in their mouths until they hatch.1

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- Often dirty grey on top with white underneath.1
- Four barbels (whisker-like feelers) under the chin and two more at the corners of the mouth.1
- A hard, bony plate between the eyes and the dorsal fin.1
- Sharp, barbed, slime-covered spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins. The dorsal spine stands upright when the fish is excited.1
- Typically 25 to 30 cm long, and elongated in shape.1
Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: The gafftopsail catfish looks very similar. The difference is that its dorsal and pectoral spines have a fleshy extension, like the fore-and-aft topsail of a ship.1
Makasi ya venin
Ba nsende ya songe ememaka venin. Konyata yango to kosimba yango epesaka pasi.
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Epesaka pasiEkoki kopesa pasi mingi, kasi pene na ntango nyonso ezalaka likambo monene te.No bite or death figures are given. Anglers generally avoid catching it because of the risk from handling the fish and its spines, and because its flesh tastes fishy compared with popular game fish.1
Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
When it feels threatened or excited, its dorsal spine stands upright, and its sharp, slime-covered spines are its main defence.1
Soki ba nsende na yango etubi yo
- Tia mpota na mai ya moto, ya moto ndenge moto akoki kondima kozanga kozika (meka yango liboso na loboko na yo moko), mpo na miniti 30 kino 90. Luka lisalisi ya monganga, mingi mpenza mpo na ba poisson-pierre mpe ba raie.
Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso
Zala na libateli
- Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
- Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
- Soki ba nsende na yango etubi yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.
Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Wapi na mokili?
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
Kilo na yango boni?
molai lokola bitabe 4 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusu
pene na kilo ya pusu ya ndako
ekoki kobeta mai molai ya piscine monene (50 m) na sekonde 30Hardhead catfish azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?
Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.
Mbangu na yango boni?
Makambo ya solo
Male hardhead catfish are paternal mouthbrooders: they keep the eggs and young in their mouths, and do not feed while doing so.1
Some researchers suggest they may use low-frequency sounds to detect and avoid close obstacles, which is an unusual ability for a fish.1
They can make sounds by vibrating thin bones near the swim bladder, and by grinding their throat teeth or rubbing their pectoral spines. These sounds appear to be a fright response.1
Hardhead catfish respond to chemical alarm signals released by injured members of their own species, with their activity increasing right after the signal. They are the first marine catfish found to show this type of alarm reaction.1
They can live for over 24 years.1
Mpo na ba expert ya venin
- Kombo ya siansi
- Ariopsis felis
- Ebota
- Mbisi ya venin
- Libota
- Ariidae2
- Molongo
- Siluriformes
- Bakontina
- Océan Atlantique, Golfe du Mexique, Mer des Caraïbes, Ba océan
- Bana
- The male carries the eggs in his mouth until they hatch, which takes roughly 8 to 11 weeks in total. Females have 20 to 65 eggs per spawning.1
- Molai ya bomoi
- pene na mibu 241
- Likama mpo na bato
- 2 / 5: Epesaka pasi3
Esika makambo euti
- Hardhead catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ariopsis felis (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
- Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.
Likambo nyonso na lokasa oyo ezali na nimero oyo elakisi source na yango. Soki tosali libunga, limbisa biso, tozali bato oyo balingaka banyama, zulunale ya siansi te. Yebisa biso na [email protected] mpe tokobongisa yango.
Ba nsende ya venin

