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

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- 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
Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
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
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.The wound from the spines may be relatively painful to people, but it is usually not dangerous.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
It uses its venomous spines for self-defence.1
Miiba yake ikikuchoma
- Weka jeraha kwenye maji ya moto, moto kiasi ambacho mtu anaweza kuvumilia bila kuungua (pima kwanza kwa mkono wako), kwa dakika 30 hadi 90. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu, hasa kwa samaki-jiwe na taa.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Miiba yake ikikuchoma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na ndizi 2.5 zilizopangwa mstari
urefu sawa na matofali 13 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 33Orange-spotted spinefoot ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Siganus guttatus
- Kundi
- Samaki wenye sumu
- Familia
- Siganidae2
- Mpangilio
- Acanthuriformes
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Andaman, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Young fish settle as fry in seagrass beds near river mouths. Spawning normally takes place at night, around midnight.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Orange-spotted spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus guttatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
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Miiba yenye sumu