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Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum
Ka lebitso: The genus name Ostracion means "little box", and the species name cubicum means "cubic", both referring to its box-like body.1
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang Chefo letlalong la yonaE ja: Hanyane ka tsohleE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

The yellow boxfish is a box-shaped fish with a hard, rigid body and bright yellow skin with black spots. It lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and northern New Zealand. It is special because it can release a toxic mucus when stressed, which harms other fish nearby.1

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Indo-Pacific reefs, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii, Japan and northern New Zealand; occasionally the eastern Mediterranean1
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal
Lapeng
It lives on sheltered coastal and offshore coral reefs and on flat seabed, at depths of 1 to 75 metres. It is also kept in the aquarium trade.1
Bolelele
45 cm (1,5 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats mainly bottom-dwelling animals and marine algae. Its diet can also include worms, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs and small fish.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Yellow boxfish
Yellow boxfish. Foto: Georgina Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Box-shaped body covered by a rigid, armoured shell called a carapace1
  • Young fish are bright yellow with black spots all over the body1
  • As it ages, the yellow fades and very old fish are blue-grey to black with faded yellow1
  • Usually found alone, as it is a solitary fish1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) has the same box shape and spots. The yellow boxfish is mainly bright yellow with dark spots, while the spotted boxfish is darker with white spots.1

Matla a chefo

Chefo letlalong la yona

Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.

Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?

When stressed, it secretes a toxic mucus containing a neurotoxin called ostracitoxin, which attacks the nerves. This toxin is highly harmful to marine fish: it breaks down their red blood cells, which then clump together. Nearby fish may be killed when they are exposed to it.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it releases toxic mucus, and its bright yellow and black colours warn predators to stay away.1

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.

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 o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le OceaniaLewatle la PacificLewatle la IndiaLewatle le LefubeduLewatle la CoralLewatle la China BorwaLewatle la PhilippineLewatle la Timor le ArafuraKgwohlo ya Bengal

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Yellow boxfish bolelele ba e ka bang 45 cm (1,5 ft)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 2,5 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 14 molenge ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 45

Yellow boxfish 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?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Engineers have studied boxfish to inspire designs for a concept car, bridge box girders and an airship.1

2

The carapace was once thought to help stability, but it was found to slightly increase drag and make the fish less stable.1

3

The fish can make humming and clicking sounds using the muscles of its swim bladder.1

4

The toxic mucus contains a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which may play a role in the fish's defence.1

5

Juvenile fish are brighter yellow than adults, and this bright colour is thought to deter predators early in life.1

6

Boxfish are strong, swift swimmers despite their stiff, box-shaped bodies.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Boxfish are weak swimmers because of their boxy shape.

Nnete: Boxfish are surprisingly strong swimmers. Their shape creates swirling water patterns that help them steer through reefs and make sharp turns.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Ostracion cubicum
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
Lelapa
Ostraciidae2
Tatelano
Tetraodontiformes
Dikontinente
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern1
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Yellow boxfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ostracion cubicum (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. 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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