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Filament-finned stinger

Inimicus filamentosus
Kufuna ugqirhaMusa ukuchukumisaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha.
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu Amava anetyhefuSitya: Iintlanzi
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The filament-finned stinger is a well-camouflaged fish with venomous spines on its skin. It lives on sandy and silty seabeds in warm coastal waters, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives. It is easy to step on or touch by accident, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Sihlala
Western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives1
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines
Ekhaya
It lives on sandy or silty seabeds in lagoons and on seaward reefs in tropical coastal waters. During the day it often digs partly into the sand.1
Ubude
13 cm ukuya ku-25 cm (5,1 in ukuya ku-9,8 in)1
Ubunzima
480 g (1,1 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is a fish eater and an ambush predator. It lies buried or half-hidden on the seabed and catches prey that passes close by.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Filament-finned stinger
Filament-finned stinger. Ifoto: prilfish. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Body colour is dull yellow, grey, brown or rust, with light blotches that match the seabed1
  • Skin has no scales along most of the body, but is covered in venomous spines and wart-like glands, giving a knobby look1
  • Flattened, concave head, with the eyes, mouth and nostrils projecting upwards and outwards1
  • Caudal (tail) fin has dark bands at its base and near its tip1
  • Two pectoral fin rays are detached and angled downwards, and are used like legs1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with Inimicus sinensis, which is nearly identical. The key difference is on the underside of the pectoral fins: the black bands of this species are faint, while those of I. sinensis have yellow spots.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Amava anetyhefu

Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When disturbed by a diver or a possible predator, it fans out its brightly coloured pectoral and tail fins as a warning, and it is very reluctant to leave its hiding place once dug in.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Filament-finned stinger malunga ne-25 cm ubude (9,8 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)Ikati yasekhaya malunga ne-50 cm (1,6 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neebhanana eziyi-4
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-8 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-36

U-Filament-finned stinger mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It walks slowly along the seabed, using the two lower pectoral fin rays on each side as legs.1

2

Its pectoral fins can be brightly coloured, which it shows as a warning when threatened.1

3

It has no known natural predators.1

4

During the day it covers itself with sand and debris, which hides it further.1

5

It is nocturnal, so it hunts mainly at night.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Inimicus filamentosus
Iqela
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
Usapho
Synanceiidae2
Ucwangco
Perciformes
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines, Iilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Inimicus filamentosus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Inimicus filamentosus (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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