Spotted scat
The spotted scat is a fish with a rectangular body covered in brown spots. It lives in shallow, muddy coastal waters across the Indo-Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to southeastern Australia. It can sting with small spines near its front, which makes it worth knowing about.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Rectangular, strongly flattened body with a steep head profile1
- Body greenish-brown to silvery, with many brown to red-brown spots1
- Occurs in two colour forms, green scat and ruby or red scat1
- Juveniles are greenish-brown with a few large dark blotches or five or six dark vertical bars1
- Adults reach a maximum total length of 38 cm1
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 spotted scat has small spines in its front parts that inject venom when it stings. The venom causes great pain and dizziness.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 sting causes great pain and dizziness. Some people catch and eat it in its native waters, so fishers and anyone handling the fish are most at risk of being stung.1
Haeba meutlwa ya yona e o hlaba
- Treatment is often done by soaking the sting site in hot water.1
- 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 12 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 33Spotted scat 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
Young scats live in freshwater and move to saltwater as they mature.1
The spotted scat comes in two colour forms, a green scat and a ruby or red scat.1
Spotted scats live in schools.1
The spotted scat is a popular aquarium fish.1
Females become sexually mature at around 7 to 9 months old and about 150 g in weight, while males mature at a smaller size.1
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: Scats are named because they feed on dung and offal.
Nnete: The name may be misleading. The habit of eating offal has not been confirmed in diet studies.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Scatophagus argus
- Sehlopha
- Ditlhapi tse nang le chefo
- Lelapa
- Scatophagidae2
- Tatelano
- Acanthuriformes
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Andaman, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Arabia le Kgwohlo ya Persia, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Masea
- Females lay transparent, spherical eggs about 0.7 mm across, which hatch about 20 hours after fertilisation.1
- Kotsi ho batho
- 2 / 5: E bohloko3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Scatophagus argus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Scatophagus argus (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
