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Spotted scorpionfish

Scorpaena plumieri
Kuhusu jina: The scientific name Scorpaena plumieri honours Charles Plumier, a Franciscan friar and naturalist who discovered this fish at Martinique.1
Anahitaji daktariUsiguseMara chache huua, lakini miiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari.
Samaki wenye sumu Miiba yenye sumuHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMiiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The spotted scorpionfish is a venomous fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. It hides on shallow coral reefs and rocky seabeds, where it waits, almost still, for small fish and crustaceans to come close. Its back spines carry venom, so it is one to keep well away from.1

Anaishi
Western Atlantic from Bermuda to Massachusetts and the northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil; eastern Atlantic around Ascension Island and St. Helena1
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko
Nyumbani
It lives in shallow coral reefs and rocky areas, commonly found from 5 to 55 metres (16 to 180 ft) deep. It rests on the bottom, where it can be hard to see.1
Urefu
18 cm hadi 45 cm (7.1 in hadi 1.5 ft)1
Uzito
1.6 kg (3.4 lb)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 2 kwa saa (maili 1.2 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It is an ambush predator. It camouflages itself, waits until prey is in a good position, then uses its large mouth as a vacuum to suck the prey in quickly. Its prey includes fishes and crustaceans.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Spotted scorpionfish
Spotted scorpionfish. Picha: Pauline Walsh Jacobson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Robust body with a dorsal fin that has 12 spines1
  • Colour varies from brown to black on a light background1
  • Dark spots on the head1
  • Orange or red underside1
  • Fins with dark bands and spots, most often with green spots; tail fin with dark bars1

Nguvu ya sumu

Miiba yenye sumu

Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The spines on the back inject venom that contains cardiotoxins, which cause a drop in blood pressure and in heart and breathing rates. Symptoms include excruciating pain at the site, followed by swelling, redness and occasionally skin death. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, agitation, sweating, irregular heartbeat, difficulty breathing and severe low blood pressure.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMiiba yake ikikuchoma, nenda kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The spines can pose a danger to humans.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When threatened, it spreads its pectoral fins and shows a bright colour, while venom glands at the base of its dorsal spines defend it against predators.1

Miiba yake ikikuchoma

  • The main treatment for pain is to immerse the affected limb in hot water at 45 to 50 °C until the pain is relieved.1
  • 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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Spotted scorpionfish urefu wa takriban 45 cm (1.5 ft)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na ndizi 13
urefu sawa na ndizi 2.5 zilizopangwa mstariurefu sawa na matofali 14 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 90

Spotted scorpionfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It is the largest scorpionfish in the Atlantic and Caribbean oceans.1

2

Scorpionfish only attack when a prey's position makes a successful strike likely, a method called kinematic timing.1

3

Its main predators include the schoolmaster and the mutton snapper, both types of snapper.1

4

Its eggs are transparent or greenish.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Scorpaena plumieri
Kundi
Samaki wenye sumu
Familia
Scorpaenidae2
Mpangilio
Perciformes
Mabara
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari kuu
Watoto
It lays eggs (it is oviparous). The eggs are transparent or greenish.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Scorpaena plumieri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scorpaena plumieri (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. 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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