Spotted scat
The spotted scat is a fish with a rectangular body covered in brown spots. It lives in shallow, muddy coastal waters across the Indo-Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to southeastern Australia. It can sting with small spines near its front, which makes it worth knowing about.1

Akkaataa itti beekamu
- Rectangular, strongly flattened body with a steep head profile1
- Body greenish-brown to silvery, with many brown to red-brown spots1
- Occurs in two colour forms, green scat and ruby or red scat1
- Juveniles are greenish-brown with a few large dark blotches or five or six dark vertical bars1
- Adults reach a maximum total length of 38 cm1
Humna summii
Qoccoon qara qaban summii baatu. Irra ejjechuun ykn qabachuun ni dhukkubsa.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
The spotted scat has small spines in its front parts that inject venom when it stings. The venom causes great pain and dizziness.1
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.Its sting causes great pain and dizziness. Some people catch and eat it in its native waters, so fishers and anyone handling the fish are most at risk of being stung.1
Yoo qoccoon isaa si waraane
- Treatment is often done by soaking the sting site in hot water.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 bilookii taphaa 12 tarree tokkoon dheerata
dheerina bishaan daakaa guddaa (50 m) sekoondii 33 keessatti daakuu danda'aSpotted scat SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
Young scats live in freshwater and move to saltwater as they mature.1
The spotted scat comes in two colour forms, a green scat and a ruby or red scat.1
Spotted scats live in schools.1
The spotted scat is a popular aquarium fish.1
Females become sexually mature at around 7 to 9 months old and about 150 g in weight, while males mature at a smaller size.1
Soba diigaa
Soba: Scats are named because they feed on dung and offal.
Dhugaa: The name may be misleading. The habit of eating offal has not been confirmed in diet studies.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Scatophagus argus
- Garee
- Qurxummii summii qabu
- Maatii
- Scatophagidae2
- Tartiiba
- Acanthuriformes
- Ardiiwwan
- Garba Hindii, Garba Paasifikii, Galaana Diimaa, Galaana Andamaan, Galaana Chaayinaa Kibbaa, Galaana Filippiinsii, Galaana Kooraal, Galaana Arabaa fi Galaana Faarsii, Galaana Timoor fi Araafuuraa, Galaana Bengaal, Garboota
- Ilmoolee
- Females lay transparent, spherical eggs about 0.7 mm across, which hatch about 20 hours after fertilisation.1
- Balaa namootaaf
- 2 / 5: Ni dhukkubsa3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Scatophagus argus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Scatophagus argus (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi lakkoofsa madda isaatti si qajeelchu qaba. Yoo waan tokko dogoggorre, dhiifama, nuti jaallattoota bineensotaa ti malee joornaalii saayinsii miti. [email protected] irratti nutti himi, ni sirreessina.
Qoccoo summii qaban
