Silver-cheeked toadfish
Sumu akiliwaHula: NyamaSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumuThe silver-cheeked toadfish is a puffer fish with a silver stripe along each side. It lives in warm seas, and it is extremely poisonous to eat. It matters because it has spread into the Mediterranean, where people may catch it by mistake.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Grey or brown back with darker spots1
- White belly1
- A characteristic silver band along each side1
- Long, slim body, more elongated than the oceanic pufferfish1
- Symmetrical tail fin1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
It is not venomous. Its poison is tetrodotoxin, which is found mainly in the ovaries, and to a lesser extent in the skin, muscles and liver. The toxin causes paralysis of involuntary muscles, the muscles the body controls without thinking. This can stop breathing or cause heart failure.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: AnauaMmoja wa wanyama hatari zaidi duniani.It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1
Mtu akimgusa au kumla
- Mtu akimla au akipata dalili baada ya kumla: piga namba ya dharura au kituo cha taarifa za sumu mara moja.
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.
- Ukimgusa au kumla: usisugue macho wala mdomo, nawa mikono na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.
Hakuwindi wewe. Sumu yake ipo tu ili asiliwe na yeyote. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na ndizi 2 zilizopangwa mstari
urefu sawa na matofali 12 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 45Silver-cheeked toadfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
It is poisonous because it eats bacteria that carry tetrodotoxin, and the toxin builds up in its body.1
Its ovaries hold the most tetrodotoxin, more than its skin, muscles or liver.1
It is a Lessepsian migrant, a species that has moved into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.1
It is spreading west through the Mediterranean, and it has been recorded as far west as the Strait of Gibraltar.1
The toxin protects it from voracious predators.1
It can grow to 40 cm long.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Lagocephalus sceleratus
- Kundi
- Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
- Familia
- Tetraodontidae2
- Mpangilio
- Tetraodontiformes
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Eggs and larvae are found in the open water (pelagic zone).1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 5 / 5: Anaua3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (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.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
