Old wife
Mitlwa ya botlholeThe old wife is a striped fish with knife-like spines on its back fins. It lives in the cooler coastal waters of Australia. Its spines are widely considered to inflict a painful venom, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Silver-and-black, vertical, zebra-like stripes along the body1
- Deep, flattened body with a concave (dipped) forehead, a shape typical of butterflyfishes1
- Two prominent dorsal fins on its back, with the second very long and sickle-shaped1
- Its back fins carry bony, knife-like spines1
- Grows up to 50 cm long1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: The Moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus) has a similar range and appearance to the old wife. The name "zebra-fish" is also used for Girella zebra, a different fish.1
Maatla a botlhole
Mitlwa e e bogale e rwala botlhole. Go e gata kgotsa go e tshwara go a utlwisa botlhoko.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
The spines on its dorsal fins have no obvious venom groove or gland. The spines are still widely considered to inflict a painful venom.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.Its dorsal spines are widely considered to inflict painful venom.1
Fa mitlwa ya yone e go tlhaba
- Tsenya ntho mo metsing a a mogote, a a bollo jo motho a ka bo itshokang a sa fiswe (a leke ka seatla sa gago pele), metsotso e le 30 go ya go 90. Batla thuso ya bongaka, bogolo jang go ditlhapi tsa lefika le distingrei.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa mitlwa ya yone e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 3 di latelana
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 16 mo moleng
e ka thuma boleele jwa bodiba jo bogolo jwa go thuma (50 m) ka metsotswana e le 33Old wife e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: It is a butterflyfish, just like the Chaetodon fishes.
Nnete: It was once placed in the genus Chaetodon with the butterflyfishes, but it is now the only member of its own family, Enoplosidae.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Old wife (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Enoplosus armatus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
Ntlha nngwe le nngwe mo tsebeng e e na le nomoro e e supang motswedi wa yone. Fa re dirile phoso, maitshwarelo, re barati ba diphologolo, e seng kgatiso ya saense. Re bolelele kwa [email protected] mme re tla e baakanya.