Marbled spinefoot
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

Humna summii
Qoccoon qara qaban summii baatu. Irra ejjechuun ykn qabachuun ni dhukkubsa.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
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
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.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
Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?
Its spines are barbed and venomous, and they can injure anyone who handles the fish carelessly.1
Yoo qoccoon isaa si waraane
- 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
- Madaa bishaan ho'aa, hanga namichi osoo hin gubatin danda'utti ho'aa ta'e (harka keetiin mirkaneessi), keessa daqiiqaa 30 hanga 90 kaa'i. Gargaarsa yaalaa argadhu, keessumaa qurxummii dhagaa (stonefish) fi stingray irratti.
Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa
Nageenyaan turi
- Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
- Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
- Yoo qoccoon isaa si waraane: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.
Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan
Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?
Hammam guddaa dha?
Dheerinni isaa hammam?
akka muuzii 2 walitti aananii tarreeffamanii dheerata
akka bilookii taphaa 12 tarree tokkoon dheerata
dheerina bishaan daakaa guddaa (50 m) sekoondii 35 keessatti daakuu danda'aMarbled spinefoot SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
Some people have reported hallucinations after eating it.1
Eating its flesh has caused poisoning, and the toxins involved are similar to ciguatoxin.1
Its spines carry venom from glands at their base, so the fish can sting when it is handled.1
Adults can eat jellyfish, including comb jellies and moon jellyfish, in parts of the northern Red Sea.1
It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, first recorded off Palestine in 1927.1
It can be bred in captivity and is being studied as a farmed fish because it eats plant-based feed.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Siganus rivulatus
- Garee
- Qurxummii summii qabu
- Maatii
- Siganidae2
- Tartiiba
- Acanthuriformes
- Ardiiwwan
- Garba Hindii, Galaana Diimaa, Galaana Meditiraaniyaa, Galaana Arabaa fi Galaana Faarsii, Garboota
- Ilmoolee
- 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
- Balaa namootaaf
- 2 / 5: Ni dhukkubsa3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Siganus rivulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus rivulatus (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
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