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Dusky spinefoot

Siganus luridus
Nezvezita: Its scientific name, luridus, means 'pale yellow'. The collector of the first specimen gave it this name.1
InongorwadzaUsabataInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Hove dzine uturu Mazonzwa ane uturuInodya: Zvirimwa
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The dusky spinefoot is a rabbitfish with venomous spines on its fins. It is native to the western Indian Ocean and has spread into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. People also catch it as a food fish.1

Inogara mu
Western Indian Ocean, from Mozambique north to the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea1
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reMediterranean, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia
Kumba
It lives at depths of 2 to 40 metres, in waters over hard surfaces such as coral and rocky reefs. Adults are often seen in schools, though single fish also occur.1
Kureba
30 cm (1 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
Adults graze on algae from the seabed. They feed on larger brown algae and other large water plants called macrophytes.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waDusky spinefoot
Dusky spinefoot. Mufananidzo: Roberto Pillon. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Compressed (flattened from side to side) body1
  • Normally olive green to dark brown, with a mottled pattern1
  • Pale yellow pectoral fins and dark bars on the tail fin1
  • Dorsal fin with 13 to 14 spines, and a single row of incisor-like teeth in the jaws1
  • Usually about 20 cm long, and up to 30 cm1

Simba reuturu

Mazonzwa ane uturu

Mazonzwa akapinza ndiwo anotakura uturu. Kuitsika kana kuibata kunorwadza.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The spines on its fins produce venom. In a study of a related rabbitfish, the venom was found to be similar to stonefish venom.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

When eaten, it has been linked to cases of mild ciguatera-like poisoning. Ciguatera is a form of food poisoning caused by toxins in some reef fish.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When threatened, it stops suddenly and raises its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, showing an array of venomous spines around its body.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

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Dusky spinefoot kunenge 30 cm kureba (1 ft)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 9 zvakateedzanainogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 36

Dusky spinefoot yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Its spines are mainly a defence against predators. The highest predation pressure falls on its larvae and planktonic stages.1

2

It came to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. It was first recorded off Israel in 1955 and has since spread as far west as the French Mediterranean coast and the Adriatic Sea.1

3

It is a daytime feeder. At night it hides in cavities in the reef.1

4

It is an important fish for fisheries in the Mediterranean. In Kenya, it is caught mainly as bycatch.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Siganus luridus
Boka
Hove dzine uturu
Mhuri
Siganidae2
Odha
Acanthuriformes
Makondinendi
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reMediterranean, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia, Makungwa makuru
Vacheche
It spawns in April and from June to August, when seawater is between 24 and 29 °C. The eggs and larvae drift in the plankton near the surface.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Dusky spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus luridus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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