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Spotfin lionfish

Pterois antennata
Davart il num: The name antennata means 'with antennae', referring to the long tentacles above each eye.1
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma sche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi.
Peschs tissientads Spinas tissientadasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The spotfin lionfish is a striped reef fish with long, frilly fins and venomous spines. It lives in warm Indian and Western Pacific Ocean waters, mostly on lagoon and seaward reefs. It is special because it hunts at night and hides in crevices during the day.1

Viva en
Indo-West Pacific: from the Gulf of Aden to South Africa, French Polynesia, southern Japan, Australia and the Kermadec Islands1
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal
Pagina iniziala
It lives in lagoon and seaward reefs, at depths of 2 to 86 m. It is common in the aquarium trade, where it is kept by people.1
Lunghezza
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts mainly at night, eating crustaceans and small fishes, including young of its own species. It slowly approaches its prey using its undulating fins.1
Propi!Foto da Spotfin lionfish
Spotfin lionfish. Foto: Nhobgood. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Reddish-brown body with numerous darker, slender to wide vertical bars1
  • Three dark brown bars on the head, one running diagonally through the eye and ending in a large spot on the gill cover1
  • Long tentacles above each eye, which are banded1
  • A scattering of dark spots on the anal, dorsal and tail fins1
  • Larger adults have bluish-black blotches close to the bases of the pectoral (side) fins1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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?

Spotfin lionfish circa 20 cm lung (7,9 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 6 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 36 secundas

Quant grond è Spotfin lionfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

While hiding, it faces inwards with its venomous spines pointing backwards.1

2

It is a nocturnal hunter, most active just after nightfall, and spends the day hiding in crevices and caves.1

3

Adults are usually solitary and defend a home range from other lionfish.1

4

Its main predators include sharks and the cornetfish Fistularia commersonii.1

5

Its small size and venomous spines make it of little interest to commercial fisheries, though it is caught in some subsistence fisheries.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Pterois antennata
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Scorpaenidae2
Urden
Perciformes
Continents
Ocean Indic, Ocean Pacific, Mar da Coral, Mar d'Andaman, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal, Ils oceans
Poppins
Females can lay up to 15,000 eggs in a mass covered in mucus, which hatch after about 36 hours.1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Pterois antennata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterois antennata (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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