Fu Manchu lionfish
The Fu Manchu lionfish is a small, reddish-brown reef fish with two large dark spots on its back fin that look like eyes. It lives in warm, clear tropical seas across the Indo-West Pacific, mostly among coral. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Overall colour is reddish-brown.1
- Usually has 2, sometimes 3, large black eye-like spots on the soft-rayed part of the back fin.1
- Has 3 pink to yellowish bars across its flanks.1
- Pectoral (side) fins are banded with pale and brown.1
- Long tentacles on the upper jaw, more than twice the width of the eye.1
Matla a chefo
Meutlwa e bohale e nka chefo. Ho e hata kapa ho e tshwara ho bohloko.
Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?
The fin spines are venomous, so a puncture from one injects venom.1
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.
Haeba meutlwa ya yona e o hlaba
- Kenya leqeba metsing a tjhesang, a tjhesang hoo motho a ka a mamellang ntle le ho tjha (a leke ka letsoho la hao pele), metsotso e 30 ho isa ho e 90. Fumana thuso ya bongaka, haholoholo bakeng sa di-stonefish le di-stingray.
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 meutlwa ya yona e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 4 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 45Fu Manchu lionfish 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?
Dintlha
Before feeding, it snaps its back fin spines and shakes its head from side to side as it approaches prey. This may distract the prey or possibly attract it.1
It may also use the fleshy tentacles on its upper jaw to lure prey within striking distance.1
It moves towards prey by 'hopping' on its pelvic fins or by waving its tail fin, until it is about half its body length away.1
It appears occasionally in the aquarium trade, where it is moderately difficult to keep and not suited to beginners.1
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: It belongs to the genus Dendrochirus.
Nnete: Before 2023 it was classed in Dendrochirus, but it is now understood not to be particularly closely related to that genus.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Nemapterois biocellatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dendrochirus biocellatus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- 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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Meutlwa e nang le chefo

