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African lionfish

Pterois mombasae
Ci turam: The name refers to Mombasa in Kenya, the place where the fish was first described.1
Soxla na doktoorBul laalLu néew la mu rey, waaye su ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor.
Jën yu am daŋar Dag yu am daŋar
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The African lionfish is a striking marine fish from the scorpionfish and lionfish family. It lives in the tropical Indian Ocean, where it is often found on soft, muddy sea floors. Its spines can harm people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Dafay dund ci
Indian Ocean, from the eastern African coast between Kenya and South Africa, Madagascar, the Maldives, India and east to the Andaman Sea.1
Mbàmbulaanu End, Géej gu Xonq
Kër
It is a rare visitor to rocky bottoms on deep offshore reefs. It is usually found on soft or muddy sea floors with thick ridges of rubble, among rich growths of sponges and other invertebrates.1
Guddaay
31 cm (1 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4,8 km/h (3 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy African lionfish
African lionfish. Foto: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Many brown to brownish red bars run along the body, and the bars near the base of the tail are thin and wavy.1
  • A brownish red spot, smaller than the pupil of the eye, sits on the lower gill cover.1
  • The soft-rayed parts of the dorsal, anal and tail fins are see-through, with small brownish red spots scattered on the rays.1
  • The pelvic fin is blackish.1
  • The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 10 soft rays. It has no tentacles above the eyes, or only very small ones.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: A closely related species, Pterois paucispinula, lives in the Western Pacific Ocean. The African lionfish is limited to the Indian Ocean, so the location of a sighting helps tell the two apart.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dag yu am daŋar

Ay dag yu ñaw ñoo yor daŋar bi. Teg tànk ci kawam walla jàpp ko dafay metti.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu ay dagam jamee la, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Its spines can harm people who come into contact with it.1

Su ay dagam jamee la

  • Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk (seetal ko ak sa loxo), diir bu dale 30 ba 90 minit. Wutal ndimbal doktoor, rawatina ci jënu-doj ak raie.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su ay dagam jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

African lionfish guddaayam lu tollu ci 31 cm (1 ft)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)
guddu na ni 10 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 38 segond

African lionfish ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

In 2014, scientists described a similar species from the Western Pacific Ocean. They found that the African lionfish was restricted to the Indian Ocean, and that the new species had been overlooked before.1

2

When Smith described it, he thought it looked most like a fish from Hawaii, Pterois sphex.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Pterois mombasae
Mbooloo
Jën yu am daŋar
Njaboot
Scorpaenidae2
Toftal
Perciformes
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Géej gu Xonq, Mbàmbulaan yi
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Pterois mombasae (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterois mombasae (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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