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Gafftopsail catfish

Bagre marinus
Ci turam: The name 'gafftopsail' refers to the fleshy extension on its dorsal spine, which looks like the fore-and-aft topsail of a ship.1
Dafay metti rekkBul laalDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jën yu am daŋar Dag yu am daŋarDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The gafftopsail catfish is a sea catfish with long, venomous spines that can cause painful wounds. It lives in warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The male carries the eggs in his mouth until they hatch.1

Dafay dund ci
Western central Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, from Cape Cod to Brazil1
Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Golfu Meksik, Géeju Karayib
Kër
It lives in the sea and in brackish water, including estuaries, lagoons, brackish seas and mangroves. People meet it from piers, jetties, reefs and the surf, where it is a common catch in the Southeastern United States.1
Guddaay
69 cm (2,3 ft)1
Diisaay
450 g ba 4,5 kg (1 lb ba 10 lb)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats mostly crustaceans, including crabs, shrimp and prawns, which make up about 95% of its diet. It also eats worms, other invertebrates and bony fish. Unlike many catfish, it feeds throughout the water column rather than mainly on the bottom.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Gafftopsail catfish
Gafftopsail catfish. Foto: Nick Loveland, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Blue-grey to dark brown on the back, with a light grey belly.1
  • Deeply forked tail.1
  • Long, serrated venomous spines on the pectoral and dorsal fins.1
  • A small hump on the back that looks somewhat like a wave.1
  • A white or pale blue anal fin, and a fleshy extension on the dorsal spine.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It resembles the hardhead catfish. The gafftopsail can be told apart by the distinctive fleshy extension on its dorsal spine.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dag yu am daŋar

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

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its long, serrated spines are venomous and can cause painful wounds.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The spines can cause painful wounds, so care should be taken when handling this fish.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?

Gafftopsail catfish guddaayam lu tollu ci 69 cm (2,3 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 1 muusu kër
guddu na ni 4 banaana yu ñu toftalediis na lu tollu ci muusu kërmën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 24 segond

Gafftopsail catfish 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

Males carry the eggs in their mouths, and do not feed while they are brooding eggs or young.1

2

Anglers consider it a strong fighter, and it is attracted to the sound of struggling fish.1

3

Unlike most catfish, which mainly feed on the bottom, this fish feeds throughout the water column.1

4

Young fish are about 5 cm long when they hatch from the eggs.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Bagre marinus
Mbooloo
Jën yu am daŋar
Njaboot
Ariidae2
Toftal
Siluriformes
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Golfu Meksik, Géeju Karayib, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
The male keeps up to 55 eggs in his mouth until they hatch, and may keep brooding the young until they are about 10 cm long. Spawning takes place over inshore mudflats from May to August.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Gafftopsail catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bagre marinus (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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