Reef stonefish
The reef stonefish is a fish that hides on coral reefs and looks like a rock or piece of coral. It is the most venomous fish in the world, and its venom can kill people. It lives in shallow warm seas across the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.1

Maziviro ayo
- Usually brown or grey, sometimes with patches of yellow, orange or red.1
- Rough, tough skin covered in warts, with no scales.1
- Wide, flattened head with small eyes that point upwards.1
- Back fin with 12 to 14 spines, all of equal length.1
- Its colour and skin texture help it blend in among rocks and corals.1
Simba reuturu
Mazonzwa akapinza ndiwo anotakura uturu. Kuitsika kana kuibata kunorwadza.
Uturu hwayo hunoitei?
Its venom is a mixture of proteins. Effects include severe pain, shock, paralysis and tissue death. A large dose can be fatal, and the fatal protein in this species is verrucotoxin. Stonefish venom can be fatal at a dose of only 18 mg, which six of its thirteen spines can release.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.It is the most venomous fish in the world and its venom can kill humans. A large dose can be fatal, and young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are at greatest risk.1
Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1
Inoitei kana yatya?
It relies on camouflage to stay hidden and, when necessary, on its back spines, each with venom sacs at its base.1
Kana minzwa yayo ikakubaya
- Immerse the affected limb in hot water, which is thought to help break down the venom proteins. A local anaesthetic can reduce the pain, and medical treatment includes antivenom. A tourniquet or firm constrictive bandage is no longer recommended.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 2 akateedzana
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 12 zvakateedzana
inogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 90Reef stonefish yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
It is the most venomous fish in the world.1
It strikes its prey in as little as 0.015 seconds.1
Its spines are sharp and stiff enough to pierce boot soles.1
Only six of its thirteen spines can release a fatal dose of venom.1
It is sold as an aquarium pet and as meat in some markets in southern China, the Philippines and Japan.1
Kuputsa ngano
Ngano: Tying a tight tourniquet or bandage above a stonefish sting is the best first aid.
Chokwadi: This is no longer recommended. Hot water on the affected limb and medical treatment with antivenom are the advised steps.1
Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu
- Zita resainzi
- Synanceia verrucosa
- Boka
- Hove dzine uturu
- Mhuri
- Synanceiidae2
- Odha
- Perciformes
- Makondinendi
- Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reChina yeKumaodzanyemba, Gungwa rePhilippines, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa reArabia neGulf yePersia, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Gungwa reBengal, Makungwa makuru
- Vacheche
- Females lay large, unfertilised eggs on the reef floor, and a male fertilises them by releasing sperm over the eggs. The young hatch well developed.1
- Ngozi kuvanhu
- 4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Synanceia verrucosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Synanceia verrucosa (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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