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Gafftopsail catfish

Bagre marinus
Davart il num: The name 'gafftopsail' refers to the fleshy extension on its dorsal spine, which looks like the fore-and-aft topsail of a ship.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 gafftopsail catfish is a sea catfish with long, venomous spines that can cause painful wounds. It lives in warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The male carries the eggs in his mouth until they hatch.1

Viva en
Western central Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, from Cape Cod to Brazil1
Ocean Atlantic, Golf dal Mexico, Mar Caribic
Pagina iniziala
It lives in the sea and in brackish water, including estuaries, lagoons, brackish seas and mangroves. People meet it from piers, jetties, reefs and the surf, where it is a common catch in the Southeastern United States.1
Lunghezza
69 cm (2,3 ft)1
Paisa
450 g fin 4,5 kg (1 lb fin 10 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats mostly crustaceans, including crabs, shrimp and prawns, which make up about 95% of its diet. It also eats worms, other invertebrates and bony fish. Unlike many catfish, it feeds throughout the water column rather than mainly on the bottom.1
Propi!Foto da Gafftopsail catfish
Gafftopsail catfish. Foto: Nick Loveland, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Blue-grey to dark brown on the back, with a light grey belly.1
  • Deeply forked tail.1
  • Long, serrated venomous spines on the pectoral and dorsal fins.1
  • A small hump on the back that looks somewhat like a wave.1
  • A white or pale blue anal fin, and a fleshy extension on the dorsal spine.1

Savens confundì cun: It resembles the hardhead catfish. The gafftopsail can be told apart by the distinctive fleshy extension on its dorsal spine.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 long, serrated spines are venomous and can cause painful wounds.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

The spines can cause painful wounds, so care should be taken when handling this fish.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Gafftopsail catfish circa 69 cm lung (2,3 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 1 giats da chasa
uschè lung sco 4 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 24 secundas

Quant grond è Gafftopsail catfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Males carry the eggs in their mouths, and do not feed while they are brooding eggs or young.1

2

Anglers consider it a strong fighter, and it is attracted to the sound of struggling fish.1

3

Unlike most catfish, which mainly feed on the bottom, this fish feeds throughout the water column.1

4

Young fish are about 5 cm long when they hatch from the eggs.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Bagre marinus
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Ariidae2
Urden
Siluriformes
Continents
Ocean Atlantic, Golf dal Mexico, Mar Caribic, Ils oceans
Poppins
The male keeps up to 55 eggs in his mouth until they hatch, and may keep brooding the young until they are about 10 cm long. Spawning takes place over inshore mudflats from May to August.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Gafftopsail catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bagre marinus (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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