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Ikhathuni ka-Grey stingfish
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Grey stingfish

Minous monodactylus
Malunga negama: The specific name monodactylus means "one finger", which refers to the detached lowest ray of its pectoral fin.1
Kubuhlungu njeMusa ukuchukumisaKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu Amava anetyhefu
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The grey stingfish is a small sea fish with venomous spines. It lives in warm, shallow coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and it is a relative of the scorpionfishes. Its spines can inject venom into people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Sihlala
Indian and Pacific Oceans, from east Africa and Madagascar to Indonesia and southern Japan, and New Caledonia. Absent from Australia and the Red Sea.1
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lwaseArabhiya neGulf yasePersi, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal
Ekhaya
It lives in nearshore waters on the continental shelf, at depths of 10 to 55 m (33 to 180 ft). It prefers sheltered places such as bays and lagoons, and soft seabed.1
Ubude
15 cm (5,9 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Grey stingfish
Grey stingfish. Ifoto: R.Saravanan. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • The upper body has pale bars and stripes, and the lower body is pale.1
  • The margin of the dorsal fin is dark, with a black spot on the front part of the soft-rayed section.1
  • The caudal (tail) fin is crossed by two wide, vertical bars.1
  • The lowest pectoral fin ray is clearly detached from the rest, and has a fleshy cap.1
  • There are no scales on the head and body, apart from those along the lateral line. Colour is variable.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Amava anetyhefu

Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It has a venom gland at the base of its fin spines. A groove in each spine carries the venom to the tip, so the venom is delivered through the spine.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

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?

Grey stingfish malunga ne-15 cm ubude (5,9 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-5 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-90

U-Grey stingfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It is venomous to humans, and its venom is carried in grooves in its fin spines.1

2

It has between 9 and 11 spines in its dorsal fin.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Minous monodactylus
Iqela
Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
Usapho
Synanceiidae2
Ucwangco
Perciformes
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lwaseArabhiya neGulf yasePersi, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Minous monodactylus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Minous monodactylus (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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