Silver-cheeked toadfish
The 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

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- 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
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ዝጎድእ ገለ ነገር ምስ በልዖ ጥራይ እዩ።
መርዙ (ምትንካፉ ወይ ምብላዑ) እንታይ ይገብር?
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
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀታሊኣብ ዓለም ካብ ዘለዉ ኣዝዮም ሓደገኛታት እንስሳታት ሓደ።It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1
ሓደ ሰብ እንተ ተንኪፍዎ ወይ እንተ በሊዕዎ
- ሓደ ሰብ እንተ በሊዕዎ ወይ ድሕሪ ምብላዑ ምልክታት እንተ ኣርእዩ፦ ብኡንብኡ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ወይ ናብ ማእከል ሓበሬታ መርዚ ደውል።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- እንተ ተንኪፍካዮ ወይ እንተ በሊዕካዮ፦ ኣዒንትኻ ወይ ኣፍካ ኣይትደርዝ፣ ኢድካ ሕጸብ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዘሎ ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ከይበልዖ ጥራይ እዩ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 2 ባናናታት ይነውሕ
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 12 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕ
ንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ብ45 ካልኢት ክሕምበሶ ይኽእልSilver-cheeked toadfish ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
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
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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