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African lionfish

Pterois mombasae
Davart il num: The name refers to Mombasa in Kenya, the place where the fish was first described.1
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma sche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi.
Peschs tissientads Spinas tissientadas
Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The African lionfish is a striking marine fish from the scorpionfish and lionfish family. It lives in the tropical Indian Ocean, where it is often found on soft, muddy sea floors. Its spines can harm people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Viva en
Indian Ocean, from the eastern African coast between Kenya and South Africa, Madagascar, the Maldives, India and east to the Andaman Sea.1
Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen
Pagina iniziala
It is a rare visitor to rocky bottoms on deep offshore reefs. It is usually found on soft or muddy sea floors with thick ridges of rubble, among rich growths of sponges and other invertebrates.1
Lunghezza
31 cm (1 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4,8 km/h (3 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da African lionfish
African lionfish. Foto: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Many brown to brownish red bars run along the body, and the bars near the base of the tail are thin and wavy.1
  • A brownish red spot, smaller than the pupil of the eye, sits on the lower gill cover.1
  • The soft-rayed parts of the dorsal, anal and tail fins are see-through, with small brownish red spots scattered on the rays.1
  • The pelvic fin is blackish.1
  • The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 10 soft rays. It has no tentacles above the eyes, or only very small ones.1

Savens confundì cun: A closely related species, Pterois paucispinula, lives in the Western Pacific Ocean. The African lionfish is limited to the Indian Ocean, so the location of a sighting helps tell the two apart.1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

Spinas pizzadas portan il tissi. Sch'ins passa sin el u al piglia, fa quai mal.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Its spines can harm people who come into contact with it.1

Sche sias spinas ta furan

  • Metta la plaja en aua chauda, uschè chauda sco che la persuna po supportar senza sa brischar (emprova cun tes agen maun), durant 30 fin 90 minutas. Tschertga agid medicinal, surtut tar peschs crap e rajas.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sche sias spinas ta furan: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed OceaniaOcean IndicMar Cotschen

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

African lionfish circa 31 cm lung (1 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 10 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 38 secundas

Quant grond è African lionfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

In 2014, scientists described a similar species from the Western Pacific Ocean. They found that the African lionfish was restricted to the Indian Ocean, and that the new species had been overlooked before.1

2

When Smith described it, he thought it looked most like a fish from Hawaii, Pterois sphex.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Pterois mombasae
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Scorpaenidae2
Urden
Perciformes
Continents
Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Pterois mombasae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterois mombasae (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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