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Old wife

Enoplosus armatus
Davart il num: The name "old wife" comes from the sound it makes when caught, which is caused by grinding its teeth.1
Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Peschs tissientads Spinas tissientadas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The old wife is a striped fish with knife-like spines on its back fins. It lives in the cooler coastal waters of Australia. Its spines are widely considered to inflict a painful venom, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Viva en
Temperate coastal waters of Australia1
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean dal Sid, Antarctica
Pagina iniziala
It lives in temperate coastal waters off Australia.1
Lunghezza
50 cm (1,6 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Old wife
Old wife. Foto: Richard Ling. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Silver-and-black, vertical, zebra-like stripes along the body1
  • Deep, flattened body with a concave (dipped) forehead, a shape typical of butterflyfishes1
  • Two prominent dorsal fins on its back, with the second very long and sickle-shaped1
  • Its back fins carry bony, knife-like spines1
  • Grows up to 50 cm long1

Savens confundì cun: The Moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus) has a similar range and appearance to the old wife. The name "zebra-fish" is also used for Girella zebra, a different fish.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?

The spines on its dorsal fins have no obvious venom groove or gland. The spines are still widely considered to inflict a painful venom.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Its dorsal spines are widely considered to inflict painful venom.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 OceaniaAntarcticaOcean PacificOcean IndicOcean dal Sid

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Old wife circa 50 cm lung (1,6 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 16 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 33 secundas

Quant grond è Old wife cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its name comes from the grinding sound it makes with its teeth when caught.1

2

The old wife is the only genus and species in its family, Enoplosidae.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is a butterflyfish, just like the Chaetodon fishes.

Vardad: It was once placed in the genus Chaetodon with the butterflyfishes, but it is now the only member of its own family, Enoplosidae.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Enoplosus armatus
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Enoplosidae2
Urden
Centrarchiformes
Continents
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean dal Sid, Antarctica, Ils oceans
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Old wife (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Enoplosus armatus (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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