Striped eel catfish
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

Akkaataa itti beekamu
Humna summii
Qoccoon qara qaban summii baatu. Irra ejjechuun ykn qabachuun ni dhukkubsa.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
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
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Baay'ee balaa qabaNama yaalii hin arganne ajjeesuu danda'a.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
Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?
When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.1
Yoo qoccoon isaa si waraane
- 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 10 tarree tokkoon dheerata
dheerina bishaan daakaa guddaa (50 m) sekoondii 33 keessatti daakuu danda'aStriped eel catfish SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1
In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1
Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1
It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1
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
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Plotosus lineatus
- Garee
- Qurxummii summii qabu
- Maatii
- Plotosidae2
- Tartiiba
- Siluriformes
- Ardiiwwan
- Garba Hindii, Garba Paasifikii, Galaana Diimaa, Galaana Kooraal, Galaana Andamaan, Galaana Filippiinsii, Galaana Arabaa fi Galaana Faarsii, Galaana Timoor fi Araafuuraa, Galaana Bengaal, Garboota
- Ilmoolee
- It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
- Balaa namootaaf
- 4 / 5: Baay'ee balaa qaba3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Plotosus lineatus (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

