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Dwarf lionfish

Dendrochirus brachypterus
Davart il num: The scientific name brachypterus means 'short-finned', because its pectoral fins are relatively short.1
Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Peschs tissientads Spinas tissientadasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The dwarf lionfish is a small, spiny reef fish from the Indo-Pacific. It lives in shallow reef flats and lagoons, where it hunts small sea creatures at night. Its back fin spines are venomous, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Viva en
Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, the Philippines and Australia1
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar Cotschen, Mar da Coral, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal
Pagina iniziala
It lives in reef flats and shallow lagoons, at depths from 1 to 80 m, usually around weed-covered rocks on sandy seabeds. By day it shelters in caves, crevices and among sponges. Adults are often found on sponges, and small groups of juveniles gather on reef outcrops.1
Lunghezza
17 cm (6,7 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It is a nocturnal predator that hunts small crustaceans, mainly at night.1
Propi!Foto da Dwarf lionfish
Dwarf lionfish. Foto: Richard Ling. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Has 13 spines and 9 or 10 soft rays in its back fin.1
  • Background colour is dusky, mottled brown to reddish-brown, with darker bars across the body.1
  • Pectoral (side) fins are clearly banded, with 8 to 10 dark bars.1
  • Has a short tentacle above each eye and leaf-like fringes on the head.1
  • Black spots edged with red appear on the filaments of the back fin spines.1

Savens confundì cun: Its pectoral fins are shorter than those of the zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), which is the main comparison made when identifying it.1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its dorsal (back) fin spines are venomous, which means they inject venom when they pierce skin.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Dwarf lionfish circa 17 cm lung (6,7 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)
uschè lung sco 5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 40 secundas

Quant grond è Dwarf lionfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its back fin spines are venomous, so care is needed around this fish.1

2

In some subsistence fisheries, it is used as a food fish.1

3

It is sometimes kept in the aquarium trade.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Scorpaenidae2
Urden
Perciformes
Continents
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar Cotschen, Mar da Coral, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal, Ils oceans
Poppins
Females lay eggs, but raising the young has proved very difficult in captivity.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Neochirus brachypterus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendrochirus brachypterus (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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