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Marbled spinefoot

Siganus rivulatus
Nezvezita: The genus name Siganus comes from the Arabic sijan, meaning rabbitfish. The species name rivulatus means irregularly marked with colour, for the yellow streaks on its sides.1
InongorwadzaUsabataInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Hove dzine uturu Mazonzwa ane uturuInodya: Zvirimwa
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The marbled spinefoot is a shoaling fish that mostly eats algae. It lives in shallow warm seas in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean, and it has spread into the Mediterranean. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

Inogara mu
Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea; now very common across the eastern Mediterranean1
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reMediterranean, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia
Kumba
Shallow water, usually less than 15 m deep, over rock, sand or sea grass covered in algae. It prefers sheltered areas and sometimes enters estuaries. It lives in schools of 50 to several hundred fish.1
Kureba
10 cm kusvika 40 cm (3,9 in kusvika 1,3 ft)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 5,2 km/h (3,2 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
Adults mainly graze on algae, including Polysiphonia and Sphacelaria species. In spring and early summer in the northern Red Sea they have also been seen eating comb jellies and moon jellyfish. Young fish feed on tiny diatoms and then on small crustaceans called copepods.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waMarbled spinefoot
Marbled spinefoot. Mufananidzo: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Grey-green to brown upper body1
  • Yellow or silvery white underside1
  • Dark spots and yellow wavy lines along the sides1
  • Flattened body, with barbed, venomous spines in the fins1
  • Usually 10 to 20 cm long1

Simba reuturu

Mazonzwa ane uturu

Mazonzwa akapinza ndiwo anotakura uturu. Kuitsika kana kuibata kunorwadza.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The spines in the fins have venom glands at their base. The venom is a protein that is damaged by heat. The sting is very painful.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

The spines can inflict a painful sting if the fish is handled incorrectly. No deaths from its venom have been recorded. Separately, poisoning has been recorded in Israel after people ate its flesh, linked to fish caught in polluted water.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

Its spines are barbed and venomous, and they can injure anyone who handles the fish carelessly.1

Kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya

  • The affected area should be treated with as high a temperature as possible, within 43 to 46 °C, because heat damages the venom. The person should also be checked for possible infection.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

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Marbled spinefoot kunenge 40 cm kureba (1,3 ft)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba semabhanana 2 akateedzanayakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 12 zvakateedzanainogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 35

Marbled spinefoot yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Some people have reported hallucinations after eating it.1

2

Eating its flesh has caused poisoning, and the toxins involved are similar to ciguatoxin.1

3

Its spines carry venom from glands at their base, so the fish can sting when it is handled.1

4

Adults can eat jellyfish, including comb jellies and moon jellyfish, in parts of the northern Red Sea.1

5

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, first recorded off Palestine in 1927.1

6

It can be bred in captivity and is being studied as a farmed fish because it eats plant-based feed.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Siganus rivulatus
Boka
Hove dzine uturu
Mhuri
Siganidae2
Odha
Acanthuriformes
Makondinendi
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reMediterranean, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia, Makungwa makuru
Vacheche
The fish lays eggs, which are fertilised outside the body. The eggs are 0.5 to 0.6 mm across, and the adults give them no care.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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