Orange-spotted spinefoot
The orange-spotted spinefoot is a small, spotted sea fish from the rabbitfish family. It lives in warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, often over reefs and mangroves. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Body is dusky blue above and silvery below1
- A single large yellow-orange spot sits below the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, near the tail1
- Several smaller reddish-brown spots run along the sides1
- A forward-pointing spine sits in front of the dorsal fin1
- Adults reach about 42 cm in total length, but 25 cm is more typical1
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 of the dorsal, anal and pelvic fins have grooves containing venom glands. Venom from a related species was found to be similar to the venom of stonefishes.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.The wound from the spines may be relatively painful to people, but it is usually not dangerous.1
E etsang ha e tshohile?
It uses its venomous spines for self-defence.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 2,5 tse latellanang
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 13 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 33Orange-spotted spinefoot 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
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Siganus guttatus
- Sehlopha
- Ditlhapi tse nang le chefo
- Lelapa
- Siganidae2
- Tatelano
- Acanthuriformes
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Andaman, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Masea
- Young fish settle as fry in seagrass beds near river mouths. Spawning normally takes place at night, around midnight.1
- Kotsi ho batho
- 2 / 5: E bohloko3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Orange-spotted spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus guttatus (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.
Taba e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e bontshang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re entse phoso, re kopa tshwarelo, re barati ba diphoofolo, hase makasine wa saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.
Meutlwa e nang le chefo