Orange-spotted spinefoot
The orange-spotted spinefoot is a small, spotted sea fish from the rabbitfish family. It lives in warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, often over reefs and mangroves. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Body is dusky blue above and silvery below1
- A single large yellow-orange spot sits below the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, near the tail1
- Several smaller reddish-brown spots run along the sides1
- A forward-pointing spine sits in front of the dorsal fin1
- Adults reach about 42 cm in total length, but 25 cm is more typical1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
The spines of the dorsal, anal and pelvic fins have grooves containing venom glands. Venom from a related species was found to be similar to the venom of stonefishes.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.The wound from the spines may be relatively painful to people, but it is usually not dangerous.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
It uses its venomous spines for self-defence.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?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2,5 zilandelelana
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-13 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-33U-Orange-spotted spinefoot mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Siganus guttatus
- Iqela
- Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
- Usapho
- Siganidae2
- Ucwangco
- Acanthuriformes
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lweAndaman, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- Young fish settle as fry in seagrass beds near river mouths. Spawning normally takes place at night, around midnight.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Orange-spotted spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus guttatus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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