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Estuarine stonefish

Synanceia horrida

Davart il num: The specific name horrida means "dreadful" or "frightful" and refers to its appearance rather than its venomous spines.1

Po mazzarBetg tutgarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sche sias spinas ta furan, tschertga spert agid.

Peschs tissientads

Spinas tissientadasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The estuarine stonefish is a fish that looks like a stone lying on the seabed. It lives in shallow reefs and estuaries across the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia. It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fish in the world, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Viva en

Indo-Pacific region, from eastern India to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan and south to Australia1

Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal

Pagina iniziala

Found on sheltered inshore reefs and in estuaries, usually in the shallowest water among coral rubble and rocks on reef flats, and in seagrass beds. It can survive out of the water for up to 24 hours.1

Lunghezza

60 cm (2 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Nudar, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a nocturnal ambush predator that eats smaller fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. It waits until prey swims close enough, then sucks it in through its large mouth.1

Foto da Estuarine stonefish — Estuarine stonefish. Foto: Dan Schofield. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Drab brownish-grey, reddish or greenish-brown colour1
Skin has no scales and is covered in warts, often with filamentous algae growing on it1
Head is flattened, with small eyes set high and pointing upwards, and a deep pit behind and under each eye1
Large, almost vertical mouth with fringing cirri on the lips1
Camouflaged to look like a stone resting on the bottom; it has no bright warning colours1
Grows to a maximum of 60 cm1

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?

Each fin spine has two venom-producing glands. The venom affects the cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems. The sting is extremely painful and has been known to be lethal.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fishes. Stings are extremely painful and have been known to be fatal. Since European settlement, there have been no recorded deaths in Australia from stonefish venom, but deaths have been recorded elsewhere in its range.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed, it erects its venomous spines, which inject venom if the fish is stepped on.1

Sche sias spinas ta furan

Antivenom can be given after envenomation. Immersing the sting wound in hot water can be used to denature the venom.1
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?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania Ocean Pacific Ocean Indic Mar da Coral Mar d'Andaman Mar da Timor e d'Arafura Golf dal Bengal

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 90 secundas

Quant grond è Estuarine stonefish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Estuarine stonefish circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Ina persuna che nuda circa 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

It can tolerate being out of the water for up to 24 hours.1

It scoops out a shallow hollow in the seabed with its large pectoral fins and curls its tail around its body to hide.1

It is camouflaged to look like a stone, unlike many venomous animals that use bright warning colours.1

Females are larger than males.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The species name horrida refers to its dangerous spines.

Vardad: The name means "dreadful" or "frightful" and alludes to its appearance, not its venomous spines.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Synanceia horrida
Gruppa: Peschs tissientads
Famiglia: Synanceiidae2
Urden: Perciformes
Continents: Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal, Ils oceans
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

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Synanceia horrida (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Synanceia horrida (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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