Blackspotted puffer
Siyatyhefa xa sityiwaSitya: Kancinci kwento nganyeSiyatyhefa, asinatyhefu yokuluma okanye yokuhlabaThe blackspotted puffer is a small tropical sea fish that lives on coral reefs and in lagoons across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is poisonous rather than venomous, so it is dangerous to eat but does not bite or sting.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Small, oval, rounded body with no scales; the skin is smooth.1
- Short snout with two pairs of nostrils and four strong teeth.1
- Background colour varies: grey, light brown, bluish, bright yellow or orangey yellow, and sometimes two colours such as blue and yellow.1
- Skin covered in dark blotches of varying size and shape.1
- Dark colouring around the eyes and mouth.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The yellow colour forms are very similar to those of Arothron meleagris, but they can be told apart. The fully yellow form is much rarer in this species (about 1% of individuals, compared with 10% in A. meleagris). It usually keeps dark markings around the mouth, eyes and base of the dorsal fin, while A. meleagris is uniformly yellow with black spots.1
Amandla etyhefu
Siyingozi kuphela ukuba kukho into esityayo.
Ityhefu yaso etyhefayo (xa usichukumisa okanye usitya) yenza ntoni?
It is not venomous. It holds tetrodotoxin, a deadly poison that protects it from predators.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.Its tetrodotoxin is deadly. The risk comes from eating or handling the fish.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
When threatened, it inflates its body by swallowing air or water.1
Ukuba umntu usichukumisile okanye usityile
- Ukuba umntu usityile okanye uneempawu emva kokusitya: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka okanye iziko lezityhefu (poison centre) ngoko nangoko.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba usichukumisile okanye usityile: musa ukukhuhla amehlo okanye umlomo wakho, hlamba izandla zakho kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango.
Asikuzingeli. Ityhefu yaso ikhona nje ukuze kungabikho nto isityayo. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-10 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-45U-Blackspotted puffer mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Its tetrodotoxin poison is strong enough to protect it from predators.1
It has no scales, and its skin is covered with dark blotches.1
It has no pelvic fins and no lateral line.1
It is active during the day and lives alone, defending its own territory.1
It has four strong teeth set in a terminal mouth.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Arothron nigropunctatus
- Iqela
- Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo
- Usapho
- Tetraodontidae2
- Ucwangco
- Tetraodontiformes
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Blackspotted puffer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Arothron nigropunctatus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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