Spotted scat
The spotted scat is a fish with a rectangular body covered in brown spots. It lives in shallow, muddy coastal waters across the Indo-Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to southeastern Australia. It can sting with small spines near its front, which makes it worth knowing about.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Rectangular, strongly flattened body with a steep head profile1
- Body greenish-brown to silvery, with many brown to red-brown spots1
- Occurs in two colour forms, green scat and ruby or red scat1
- Juveniles are greenish-brown with a few large dark blotches or five or six dark vertical bars1
- Adults reach a maximum total length of 38 cm1
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 spotted scat has small spines in its front parts that inject venom when it stings. The venom causes great pain and dizziness.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 sting causes great pain and dizziness. Some people catch and eat it in its native waters, so fishers and anyone handling the fish are most at risk of being stung.1
Fa mitlwa ya yone e go tlhaba
- Treatment is often done by soaking the sting site in hot water.1
- 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 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 33Spotted scat 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
Young scats live in freshwater and move to saltwater as they mature.1
The spotted scat comes in two colour forms, a green scat and a ruby or red scat.1
Spotted scats live in schools.1
The spotted scat is a popular aquarium fish.1
Females become sexually mature at around 7 to 9 months old and about 150 g in weight, while males mature at a smaller size.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Scats are named because they feed on dung and offal.
Nnete: The name may be misleading. The habit of eating offal has not been confirmed in diet studies.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Scatophagus argus
- Setlhopha
- Ditlhapi tse di tsenyang botlhole
- Lelapa
- Scatophagidae2
- Lekoko
- Acanthuriformes
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle le Lehibidu, Lewatle la Andaman, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Philippines, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Arabia le Gulf ya Peresia, Lewatle la Timor le la Arafura, Kou ya Bengal, Mawatle
- Masea
- Females lay transparent, spherical eggs about 0.7 mm across, which hatch about 20 hours after fertilisation.1
- Kotsi go batho
- 2 / 5: E botlhoko3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Scatophagus argus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Scatophagus argus (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.
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Mitlwa ya botlhole
