Striped eel catfish
The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
Kàttanu 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 venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1
Lan lay def bu tiitee?
When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.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?
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
guddu na ni 10 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale
mën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 33 segondStriped eel catfish ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1
In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1
Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1
It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1
Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Plotosus lineatus
- Mbooloo
- Jën yu am daŋar
- Njaboot
- Plotosidae2
- Toftal
- Siluriformes
- Kontinaa yi
- Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géej gu Xonq, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Andaman, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Arabi ak Golfu Pers, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Golfu Bengal, Mbàmbulaan yi
- Liir yi
- It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
- Musiba ci nit
- 4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Plotosus lineatus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- 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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