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Silver-cheeked toadfish

Lagocephalus sceleratus
MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'insatgi al mangia, clama immediat agid.Agid svelt ed antiserum salvan las bleras persunas. Clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza.
Auters animals tossics Tossic da mangiarMangia: CharnTossic, betg tissientà
Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The silver-cheeked toadfish is a puffer fish with a silver stripe along each side. It lives in warm seas, and it is extremely poisonous to eat. It matters because it has spread into the Mediterranean, where people may catch it by mistake.1

Tossic u tissientà? Animals tissientads injecteschan tissi cun ina morsa u ina piztgada. Animals tossics èn nuschaivels, sch'ins als tutga u als mangia. Quest qua è tossic.
Viva en
Tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, the Red Sea, the eastern Mediterranean, and waters off West Africa1
Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen, Mar Mediterran, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal
Pagina iniziala
It lives on rocky sea bottoms, from shallow coastal water down to 250 m. It has been caught by fishermen in the eastern and central Mediterranean, including off Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey and Malta.1
Lunghezza
40 cm (1,3 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds on benthic invertebrates, which are small animals that live on the sea bottom.1
Propi!Foto da Silver-cheeked toadfish
Silver-cheeked toadfish. Foto: Martin. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Grey or brown back with darker spots1
  • White belly1
  • A characteristic silver band along each side1
  • Long, slim body, more elongated than the oceanic pufferfish1
  • Symmetrical tail fin1

Savens confundì cun: It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1

Forza tossica

Tossic da mangiar

El è mo nuschaivel, sch'insatge al mangia.

Tge fa sia substanza tossica?

It is not venomous. Its poison is tetrodotoxin, which is found mainly in the ovaries, and to a lesser extent in the skin, muscles and liver. The toxin causes paralysis of involuntary muscles, the muscles the body controls without thinking. This can stop breathing or cause heart failure.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1

Sch'insatgi l'ha tutgà u mangià

  • Sch'insatgi l'ha mangià u ha sintoms suenter l'avair mangià: clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza u il center toxicologic.

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 ti l'has tutgà u mangià: na sfruscha betg ils egls u la bucca, lava ils mauns e tschertga agid medicinal.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. Ses tissi è mo là, per che nagin na al mangia. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Silver-cheeked toadfish circa 40 cm lung (1,3 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 12 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 45 secundas

Quant grond è Silver-cheeked toadfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is poisonous because it eats bacteria that carry tetrodotoxin, and the toxin builds up in its body.1

2

Its ovaries hold the most tetrodotoxin, more than its skin, muscles or liver.1

3

It is a Lessepsian migrant, a species that has moved into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.1

4

It is spreading west through the Mediterranean, and it has been recorded as far west as the Strait of Gibraltar.1

5

The toxin protects it from voracious predators.1

6

It can grow to 40 cm long.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Gruppa
Auters animals tossics
Famiglia
Tetraodontidae2
Urden
Tetraodontiformes
Continents
Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen, Mar Mediterran, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal, Ils oceans
Poppins
Eggs and larvae are found in the open water (pelagic zone).1
Privel per umans
5 / 5: Mortal3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lagocephalus sceleratus (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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