Old wife
Meutlwa e nang le chefoThe old wife is a striped fish with knife-like spines on its back fins. It lives in the cooler coastal waters of Australia. Its spines are widely considered to inflict a painful venom, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Silver-and-black, vertical, zebra-like stripes along the body1
- Deep, flattened body with a concave (dipped) forehead, a shape typical of butterflyfishes1
- Two prominent dorsal fins on its back, with the second very long and sickle-shaped1
- Its back fins carry bony, knife-like spines1
- Grows up to 50 cm long1
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The Moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus) has a similar range and appearance to the old wife. The name "zebra-fish" is also used for Girella zebra, a different fish.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 spines on its dorsal fins have no obvious venom groove or gland. The spines are still widely considered to inflict a painful 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.Its dorsal spines are widely considered to inflict painful venom.1
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 dibanana tse 3 tse latellanang
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 16 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 33Old wife 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
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: It is a butterflyfish, just like the Chaetodon fishes.
Nnete: It was once placed in the genus Chaetodon with the butterflyfishes, but it is now the only member of its own family, Enoplosidae.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Old wife (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Enoplosus armatus (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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