Striped eel catfish
The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara
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Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
The venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.1
Niba amahwa yayo akujombye
- Shyira igikomere mu mazi ashyushye, ashyushye uko umuntu abyihanganira atiriwe ashya (bigerageze ukoresheje ukuboko kwawe), mu gihe cy'iminota 30 kugeza kuri 90. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga, cyane cyane ku bya stonefish na stingray.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba amahwa yayo akujombye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ni hehe ku isi?
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ireshya n'ibice 10 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo
yakoga uburebure bw'ikidendezi kinini (metero 50) mu masegonda 33Striped eel catfish ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1
In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1
Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1
It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1
Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Plotosus lineatus
- Itsinda
- Amafi afite ubumara
- Umuryango
- Plotosidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Siluriformes
- Imigabane
- Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja Itukura, Inyanja ya Korali, Inyanja ya Andamani, Inyanja ya Filipine, Inyanja ya Arabiya n'Ikigobe cy'Ubuperesi, Inyanja ya Timor na Arafura, Ikigobe cya Bengali, Inyanja ngari
- Abana bato
- It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Plotosus lineatus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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