Striped eel catfish
The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.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 venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1
E etsang ha e tshohile?
When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.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 diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 10 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 33Striped eel catfish 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
Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1
In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1
Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1
It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1
Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Plotosus lineatus
- Sehlopha
- Ditlhapi tse nang le chefo
- Lelapa
- Plotosidae2
- Tatelano
- Siluriformes
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Andaman, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Arabia le Kgwohlo ya Persia, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Masea
- It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
- Kotsi ho batho
- 4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Plotosus lineatus (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


Ho e tseba jwang