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Old wife

Enoplosus armatus
Ci turam: The name "old wife" comes from the sound it makes when caught, which is caused by grinding its teeth.1
Dafay metti rekkBul laalDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jën yu am daŋar Dag yu am daŋar
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The 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

Dafay dund ci
Temperate coastal waters of Australia1
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu Bëj-saalum, Antarktig
Kër
It lives in temperate coastal waters off Australia.1
Guddaay
50 cm (1,6 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Old wife
Old wife. Foto: Richard Ling. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

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?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

Its dorsal spines are widely considered to inflict painful venom.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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak OseyaniAntarktigMbàmbulaanu PasifikMbàmbulaanu EndMbàmbulaanu Bëj-saalum

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Old wife guddaayam lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ab xaj lu tollu ci 1 m (3,3 ft)
guddu na ni 3 banaana yu ñu toftaleguddu na ni 16 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 33 segond

Old wife 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

Its name comes from the grinding sound it makes with its teeth when caught.1

2

The old wife is the only genus and species in its family, Enoplosidae.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It is a butterflyfish, just like the Chaetodon fishes.

Dëgg: It was once placed in the genus Chaetodon with the butterflyfishes, but it is now the only member of its own family, Enoplosidae.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Enoplosus armatus
Mbooloo
Jën yu am daŋar
Njaboot
Enoplosidae2
Toftal
Centrarchiformes
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu Bëj-saalum, Antarktig, Mbàmbulaan yi
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Old wife (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Enoplosus armatus (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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