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Ikhathuni ka-California scorpionfish
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California scorpionfish

Scorpaena guttata
Malunga negama: Its scientific name, guttata, means "spotted", after the many dark spots on its head, body and fins.1
Kufuna ugqirhaMusa ukuchukumisaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha.
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu Amava anetyhefuSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The California scorpionfish is a spiny fish that lives on the ocean floor along the Pacific coast of California and Baja California. It stays still among rocks and in caves, where its spotted colours help it blend in. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

Sihlala
Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Santa Cruz, California, south along Baja California, and in the Gulf of California1
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, iGulf yaseCalifornia
Ekhaya
It lives on rocky bottoms just offshore or in bays, and it also uses underwater caves. It is usually found in water up to about 30 metres deep, though it can go down to 183 metres. People most often meet it when fishing, when it is pulled from the hook.1
Ubude
43 cm ukuya ku-47 cm (1,4 ft ukuya ku-1,5 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats other fish, crustaceans, octopuses and squid. Juvenile crabs are its favourite prey, especially in autumn and winter.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-California scorpionfish
California scorpionfish. Ifoto: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Reddish brown body with many brown and black spots1
  • Especially many dark spots on the fins1
  • Spiny head1
  • Reaches up to about 43 to 47 cm long1
  • Lies on the ocean floor for most of its time, as it has no swim bladder1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Amava anetyhefu

Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its spines contain venom-producing glands. The venom is cardiotoxic, meaning it affects the heart; in laboratory studies it caused changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm. A spine prick can cause severe, throbbing pain, swelling, numbness and discolouration of the finger, with pain spreading up the arm. Nausea, faintness and pale, clammy skin can also occur.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

It has been responsible for many human injuries and has been called one of the most noxious marine animals in California waters. Fishermen are most often affected when removing the fish from a hook. The effects can feel much like a rattlesnake bite, and one victim developed pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart. In one reported case, the victim recovered in about two weeks.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When pulled from the water, it flares the spines on its fins and gill covers, which makes it difficult to handle.1

Ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashushu, ashushu kangangoko umntu angakwazi ukunyamezela ngaphandle kokutshiswa (wavavanye ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 ukuya kwengama-90. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango, ingakumbi kwii-stonefish nakwii-stingray.

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 amava aso ayakugwaza: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceaniauLwandlekazi lwePasifikiiGulf yaseCalifornia

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

California scorpionfish malunga ne-47 cm ubude (1,5 ft)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2,5 zilandelelanaubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-15 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-90

U-California scorpionfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its venom is produced in grooves along each spine, and the spine is covered by a thin membrane that is pushed back as it enters the skin, helping to inject the venom.1

2

It has no swim bladder, which is why it spends most of its time resting on the ocean floor.1

3

Some individuals have travelled up to 200 km in mark and recapture studies. One fish moved from near Santa Cruz Island to Long Beach over about 14 months.1

4

The California two-spot octopus preys on it, and the fish will also eat small octopuses of the same kind.1

5

Its maximum recorded lifespan is 21 years.1

6

Despite its danger, it is considered a very good food fish once the spines have been avoided, and it is sought after by some Asian communities in Southern California.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Scorpaena guttata
Iqela
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
Usapho
Scorpaenidae2
Ucwangco
Perciformes
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, iGulf yaseCalifornia, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana
It lays eggs inside a floating, elastic, gelatinous mass about 25 cm long. Each egg is just over 1 mm long, and the mass turns cloudy white as it drifts at the surface.1
Ixesha lobomi
malunga neminyaka eyi-211
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Scorpaena guttata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scorpaena guttata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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