California scorpionfish
The California scorpionfish is a spiny fish that lives on the ocean floor along the Pacific coast of California and Baja California. It stays still among rocks and in caves, where its spotted colours help it blend in. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

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Its spines contain venom-producing glands. The venom is cardiotoxic, meaning it affects the heart; in laboratory studies it caused changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm. A spine prick can cause severe, throbbing pain, swelling, numbness and discolouration of the finger, with pain spreading up the arm. Nausea, faintness and pale, clammy skin can also occur.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKana minzwa yayo ikakubaya, enda kuna chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.It has been responsible for many human injuries and has been called one of the most noxious marine animals in California waters. Fishermen are most often affected when removing the fish from a hook. The effects can feel much like a rattlesnake bite, and one victim developed pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart. In one reported case, the victim recovered in about two weeks.1
Inoitei kana yatya?
When pulled from the water, it flares the spines on its fins and gill covers, which makes it difficult to handle.1
Kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya
- Isa ronda mumvura inopisa, inopisa sezvinokwanisa munhu asina kutsva (iedze neruoko rwako), kwemaminitsi 30 kusvika 90. Wana rubatsiro rwechiremba, kunyanya kustonefish nemastingray.
Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga
Gara wakachengeteka
- Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
- Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
- Kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.
Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka
Kupi pasi rose?
Yakakura sei?
Yakareba zvakadii?
yakareba semabhanana 2,5 akateedzana
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 15 zvakateedzana
inogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 90California scorpionfish yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
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Chokwadi
Its venom is produced in grooves along each spine, and the spine is covered by a thin membrane that is pushed back as it enters the skin, helping to inject the venom.1
It has no swim bladder, which is why it spends most of its time resting on the ocean floor.1
Some individuals have travelled up to 200 km in mark and recapture studies. One fish moved from near Santa Cruz Island to Long Beach over about 14 months.1
The California two-spot octopus preys on it, and the fish will also eat small octopuses of the same kind.1
Its maximum recorded lifespan is 21 years.1
Despite its danger, it is considered a very good food fish once the spines have been avoided, and it is sought after by some Asian communities in Southern California.1
Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu
- Zita resainzi
- Scorpaena guttata
- Boka
- Hove dzine uturu
- Mhuri
- Scorpaenidae2
- Odha
- Perciformes
- Makondinendi
- Gungwa rePacific, Gulf yeCalifornia, Makungwa makuru
- Vacheche
- It lays eggs inside a floating, elastic, gelatinous mass about 25 cm long. Each egg is just over 1 mm long, and the mass turns cloudy white as it drifts at the surface.1
- Makore ekurarama
- kunenge makore 211
- Ngozi kuvanhu
- 3 / 5: Yakakomba3
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Scorpaena guttata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Scorpaena guttata (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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