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False stonefish

Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Nezvezita: The specific name diabolus means 'devil' in Latin, probably a reference to the venomous spines on its back fin.1
Inoda chirembaUsabataHaiwanzouraya, asi kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya, enda kuna chiremba.
Hove dzine uturu Mazonzwa ane uturuInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKana minzwa yayo ikakubaya, enda kuna chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

The false stonefish is a venomous fish that lives on the seabed in warm seas. It hides among rocks, coral and rubble, where it waits to ambush passing prey. It is worth knowing about because its back spines can give a painful sting.1

Inogara mu
Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea, from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Australia and New Caledonia1
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa rePhilippines, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Gungwa reBengal
Kumba
It lives on the seabed among rubble, seaweed-covered rocks and rocks coated in coralline algae. It is found on reef flats, in lagoons and on the seaward side of reefs, at depths down to about 70 m.1
Kureba
30 cm (1 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It is an ambush predator. It waits on the seabed and feeds on passing prey such as invertebrates and small fish.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waFalse stonefish
False stonefish. Mufananidzo: jeyre. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Broad head with a wide mouth, a humped back and a tapering body1
  • Rough skin with low cone-shaped bumps, spines and tassels1
  • Mottled grey and white colouring with reddish-brown blotches, which blends in with stones and coral1
  • Twelve venomous spines in the dorsal (back) fin1
  • Inner sides of the broad pectoral (side) fins show orange, black and white blotches1

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: It closely resembles the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), which is why the two are easily confused.1

Simba reuturu

Mazonzwa ane uturu

Mazonzwa akapinza ndiwo anotakura uturu. Kuitsika kana kuibata kunorwadza.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venomous spines are in the dorsal fin on its back. They can inflict a painful wound when a person is pricked by them.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKana minzwa yayo ikakubaya, enda kuna chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

An 1829 account by the zoologists Cuvier and Valenciennes says the venom killed two local people in the Moluccas Islands of Indonesia, after what they described as frightful suffering. Local people there avoided the fish because they saw it as a bad omen.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When disturbed by a possible predator, it flares its pectoral fins as a warning.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?

False stonefish 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 90

False stonefish yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

When lit by blue or ultraviolet light, it glows red. This is called biofluorescence, and it may help the fish communicate with others of its kind and aid its camouflage.1

2

It has twelve venomous spines in its dorsal fin, and it is these spines that make it dangerous.1

3

Its wide mouth and camouflage let it wait for prey to pass close by before it strikes.1

4

It is sometimes partly covered with sediment, which helps it stay hidden on the seabed.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Boka
Hove dzine uturu
Mhuri
Scorpaenidae2
Odha
Perciformes
Makondinendi
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa rePhilippines, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Gungwa reBengal, Makungwa makuru
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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