Yellow boxfish
Poison na loposo na yangoElyaka: Mwa moke ya nyonsoYa poison (na kosimba to kolia), ya venin teThe yellow boxfish is a box-shaped fish with a hard, rigid body and bright yellow skin with black spots. It lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and northern New Zealand. It is special because it can release a toxic mucus when stressed, which harms other fish nearby.1

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- Box-shaped body covered by a rigid, armoured shell called a carapace1
- Young fish are bright yellow with black spots all over the body1
- As it ages, the yellow fades and very old fish are blue-grey to black with faded yellow1
- Usually found alone, as it is a solitary fish1
Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) has the same box shape and spots. The yellow boxfish is mainly bright yellow with dark spots, while the spotted boxfish is darker with white spots.1
Makasi ya poison
Loposo na yango ezali na poison. Ezali likama kosimba yango, kolamba yango to kolia yango.
Poison na yango esalaka nini?
When stressed, it secretes a toxic mucus containing a neurotoxin called ostracitoxin, which attacks the nerves. This toxin is highly harmful to marine fish: it breaks down their red blood cells, which then clump together. Nearby fish may be killed when they are exposed to it.1
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Ya mokeLokola kotuba ya nzoi to moke koleka. Pene na likama te mpo na bato.Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
When threatened, it releases toxic mucus, and its bright yellow and black colours warn predators to stay away.1
Soki moto asimbi to alei yango
- Soki moto alei yango to azali na bilembo sima ya kolia yango: benga nimero ya urgence na yo to centre anti-poison sika sika.
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 osimbi yango to olie yango: kofrotter miso to monoko na yo te, sukola maboko na yo mpe luka lisalisi ya monganga.
Ezali koluka yo te. Poison na yango ezali kaka mpo ete eloko moko te elia yango. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Wapi na mokili?
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
molai lokola bitabe 2,5 oyo etiami moko na sima ya mosusu
molai lokola ba brique ya masano 14 na molongo
ekoki kobeta mai molai ya piscine monene (50 m) na sekonde 45Yellow boxfish 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
Engineers have studied boxfish to inspire designs for a concept car, bridge box girders and an airship.1
The carapace was once thought to help stability, but it was found to slightly increase drag and make the fish less stable.1
The fish can make humming and clicking sounds using the muscles of its swim bladder.1
The toxic mucus contains a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which may play a role in the fish's defence.1
Juvenile fish are brighter yellow than adults, and this bright colour is thought to deter predators early in life.1
Boxfish are strong, swift swimmers despite their stiff, box-shaped bodies.1
Solo to lokuta?
Lokuta: Boxfish are weak swimmers because of their boxy shape.
Solo: Boxfish are surprisingly strong swimmers. Their shape creates swirling water patterns that help them steer through reefs and make sharp turns.1
Mpo na ba expert ya venin
- Kombo ya siansi
- Ostracion cubicum
- Ebota
- Banyama mosusu ya poison
- Libota
- Ostraciidae2
- Molongo
- Tetraodontiformes
- Bakontina
- Océan Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer Rouge, Mer de Corail, Mer des Philippines, Mer de Chine méridionale, Mer de Timor & Mer d'Arafura, Golfe du Bengale, Ba océan
- Ndenge ezali kobika na zamba
- Least Concern1
- Likama mpo na bato
- 1 / 5: Ya moke3
Esika makambo euti
- Yellow boxfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ostracion cubicum (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.


