Spotfin lionfish
The spotfin lionfish is a striped reef fish with long, frilly fins and venomous spines. It lives in warm Indian and Western Pacific Ocean waters, mostly on lagoon and seaward reefs. It is special because it hunts at night and hides in crevices during the day.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Reddish-brown body with numerous darker, slender to wide vertical bars1
- Three dark brown bars on the head, one running diagonally through the eye and ending in a large spot on the gill cover1
- Long tentacles above each eye, which are banded1
- A scattering of dark spots on the anal, dorsal and tail fins1
- Larger adults have bluish-black blotches close to the bases of the pectoral (side) fins1
Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMiiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.
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 matofali 6 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 36Spotfin lionfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
While hiding, it faces inwards with its venomous spines pointing backwards.1
It is a nocturnal hunter, most active just after nightfall, and spends the day hiding in crevices and caves.1
Adults are usually solitary and defend a home range from other lionfish.1
Its main predators include sharks and the cornetfish Fistularia commersonii.1
Its small size and venomous spines make it of little interest to commercial fisheries, though it is caught in some subsistence fisheries.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Pterois antennata
- Kundi
- Samaki wenye sumu
- Familia
- Scorpaenidae2
- Mpangilio
- Perciformes
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Andaman, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Females can lay up to 15,000 eggs in a mass covered in mucus, which hatch after about 36 hours.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 3 / 5: Mbaya3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Pterois antennata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pterois antennata (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.
Miiba yenye sumu
