Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Am daŋar su ñu ko lekkeeDafay lekk: Tuuti ci léppAm daŋar ci yaram, du màtt walla jamValentin's sharpnose puffer is a small reef fish with four black stripes across its back. It lives in warm seas across the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and parts of the Pacific. It is special because its skin holds one of the most potent natural poisons known, which keeps most predators away.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- Four distinct black stripes, called saddles, run across its back.1
- The head is blue-grey.1
- The main body is white, speckled with blue-grey spots.1
- The tail and fins show hints of yellow, and a rainbow streak sits behind the eyes.1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: The filefish Paraluteres prionurus has similar colours and sometimes swims in schools with this puffer. It mimics the puffer's appearance for protection, but it is not toxic.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Lor na rekk su dara lekkee ko.
Lan la daŋar bi ci yaramam di def?
Its skin and other tissues contain tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It is one of the most potent naturally occurring toxins and is lethal to many species of fish. This makes the fish unpalatable to predators.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu kenn lekkee ko, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.It is highly poisonous to eat.1
Lan lay def bu tiitee?
It gulps water to puff its body up to three or four times its normal volume, and its toxic skin deters predators.1
Su kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko
- Su kenn lekkee ko walla mu am ay màndarga ginnaaw bi mu ko lekkee: woo sa nimerob urgence walla centre antipoison ci saa si.
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 nga ko laalee walla nga lekk ko: bul moos say bët walla sa gémmiñ, raxas say loxo te wutal ndimbal doktoor.
Du la wut. Daŋaram nekk na rekk ngir kenn bañ ko lekk. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp
Fan ci àddina?
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale
mën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 45 segondValentin's sharpnose puffer 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 tetrodotoxin is one of the most potent naturally occurring toxins, and it is lethal to many fish.1
A non-toxic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus, has evolved to look like this puffer, which helps it avoid predators.1
Its eggs are unpalatable, so predatory fish rarely eat them, and any swallowed eggs are quickly passed out again. This means the parents need not guard them.1
Juveniles of the grouper Plectropomus laevis also mimic its colours.1
Its eggs, at 0.68 to 0.72 mm across, are among the smallest in the puffer family Tetraodontidae.1
Tasukatu léeb
Xalaat bu juum: Pufferfish hold their breath while they puff up.
Dëgg: A 2014 study found that oxygen consumption actually increases while the fish is inflated. Oxygen intake through the gills is almost five times higher than normal.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Canthigaster valentini
- Mbooloo
- Yeneen rab yu am daŋar ci seen yaram
- Njaboot
- Tetraodontidae2
- Toftal
- Tetraodontiformes
- Kontinaa yi
- Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géej gu Xonq, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Siin gu Bëj-saalum, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Mbàmbulaan yi
- Liir yi
- Females lay anywhere between fifteen and over 800 eggs at a time, every four to ten days depending on the season.1
- Musiba ci nit
- 3 / 5: Lu bon3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Canthigaster valentini (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.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.


