Silver-cheeked toadfish
E botlhole go e jaE ja: NamaE botlhole go e ama kgotsa go e ja, ga e tsenye botlholeThe 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

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- 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
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1
Maatla a botlhole
E kotsi fela fa sengwe se e ja.
Botlhole jwa yone (jwa go e ama kgotsa go e ja) bo dira eng?
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
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E a bolayaNngwe ya diphologolo tse di kotsi go gaisa mo lefatsheng.It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1
Fa mongwe a e amile kgotsa a e jele
- Fa mongwe a e jele kgotsa a na le matshwao morago ga go e ja: leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso kgotsa senthara ya botlhole ka yone nako eo.
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 o e amile kgotsa o e jele: o se ka wa gotlha matlho kgotsa molomo wa gago, tlhatswa diatla mme o batle thuso ya bongaka.
Ga e go batle. Botlhole jwa yone bo teng fela gore sepe se se ka se e je. 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 2 di latelana
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 12 mo moleng
e ka thuma boleele jwa bodiba jo bogolo jwa go thuma (50 m) ka metsotswana e le 45Silver-cheeked toadfish 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
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
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Lagocephalus sceleratus
- Setlhopha
- Diphologolo tse dingwe tse di botlhole go di ama kgotsa go di ja
- Lelapa
- Tetraodontidae2
- Lekoko
- Tetraodontiformes
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lehibidu, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Timor le la Arafura, Kou ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Masea
- Eggs and larvae are found in the open water (pelagic zone).1
- Kotsi go batho
- 5 / 5: E a bolaya3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (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.
