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Fahaka pufferfish

Tetraodon lineatus
Ka lebitso: The name comes from the Arabic word فهقة (fahaka).1
E ka bolayaE ka bolaya ntle le kalafo. Haeba motho a e ja, fumana thuso kapele.
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang E a chefa ha e jewaE ja: NamaE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

The fahaka pufferfish is a freshwater fish that lives in rivers and lakes across parts of Africa. It can puff up its body when it feels threatened. It carries a toxin, so it is a fish to recognise and leave alone.1

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Upper Nile, Chad, Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta and Turkana basins, in West, Northeast and East Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
It is typically found in large rivers, open water, weed beds and vegetated fringes.1
Bolelele
43 cm (1,4 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It is a molluscivore, feeding mainly on benthic organisms, which are animals that live on the bottom, such as freshwater mussels and snails.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Fahaka pufferfish
Fahaka pufferfish. Foto: John P Friel. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Can reach up to 43 cm long1
  • Inflates its body when threatened1

Matla a chefo

E a chefa ha e jewa

E kotsi feela haeba ho na le se e jang.

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it inflates its body.1

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Fahaka pufferfish bolelele ba e ka bang 43 cm (1,4 ft)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 2,5 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 13 moleng

Fahaka pufferfish e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It carries the toxin tetrodotoxin, like many puffers, so it is poisonous to eat.1

2

It feeds on freshwater mussels and snails found on the bottom of the water.1

3

In the River Nile, its average lifespan has been measured at about five years.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Tetraodon lineatus
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
Lelapa
Tetraodontidae2
Tatelano
Tetraodontiformes
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
Measurements suggest it spawns from April to August.1
Nako ya bophelo
e ka bang dilemo tse 51
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Fahaka pufferfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tetraodon lineatus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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Tse ding tsa sehlopha se le seng: Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang

E boetse e phela: Afrika

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