Estuarine stonefish
The estuarine stonefish is a fish that looks like a stone lying on the seabed. It lives in shallow reefs and estuaries across the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia. It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fish in the world, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Maziviro ayo
- Drab brownish-grey, reddish or greenish-brown colour1
- Skin has no scales and is covered in warts, often with filamentous algae growing on it1
- Head is flattened, with small eyes set high and pointing upwards, and a deep pit behind and under each eye1
- Large, almost vertical mouth with fringing cirri on the lips1
- Camouflaged to look like a stone resting on the bottom; it has no bright warning colours1
- Grows to a maximum of 60 cm1
Simba reuturu
Mazonzwa akapinza ndiwo anotakura uturu. Kuitsika kana kuibata kunorwadza.
Uturu hwayo hunoitei?
Each fin spine has two venom-producing glands. The venom affects the cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems. The sting is extremely painful and has been known to be lethal.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fishes. Stings are extremely painful and have been known to be fatal. Since European settlement, there have been no recorded deaths in Australia from stonefish venom, but deaths have been recorded elsewhere in its range.1
Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1
Inoitei kana yatya?
When disturbed, it erects its venomous spines, which inject venom if the fish is stepped on.1
Kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya
- Antivenom can be given after envenomation. Immersing the sting wound in hot water can be used to denature the venom.1
- 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 3 akateedzana
inogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 90Estuarine stonefish yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
It can tolerate being out of the water for up to 24 hours.1
It scoops out a shallow hollow in the seabed with its large pectoral fins and curls its tail around its body to hide.1
It is camouflaged to look like a stone, unlike many venomous animals that use bright warning colours.1
Females are larger than males.1
Kuputsa ngano
Ngano: The species name horrida refers to its dangerous spines.
Chokwadi: The name means "dreadful" or "frightful" and alludes to its appearance, not its venomous spines.1
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Synanceia horrida (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Synanceia horrida (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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