Spotfin lionfish
The spotfin lionfish is a striped reef fish with long, frilly fins and venomous spines. It lives in warm Indian and Western Pacific Ocean waters, mostly on lagoon and seaward reefs. It is special because it hunts at night and hides in crevices during the day.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Reddish-brown body with numerous darker, slender to wide vertical bars1
- Three dark brown bars on the head, one running diagonally through the eye and ending in a large spot on the gill cover1
- Long tentacles above each eye, which are banded1
- A scattering of dark spots on the anal, dorsal and tail fins1
- Larger adults have bluish-black blotches close to the bases of the pectoral (side) fins1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuba amava aso ayakugwaza, yiya kugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe 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
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-6 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-36U-Spotfin lionfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
While hiding, it faces inwards with its venomous spines pointing backwards.1
It is a nocturnal hunter, most active just after nightfall, and spends the day hiding in crevices and caves.1
Adults are usually solitary and defend a home range from other lionfish.1
Its main predators include sharks and the cornetfish Fistularia commersonii.1
Its small size and venomous spines make it of little interest to commercial fisheries, though it is caught in some subsistence fisheries.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Pterois antennata
- Iqela
- Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
- Usapho
- Scorpaenidae2
- Ucwangco
- Perciformes
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lweAndaman, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- Females can lay up to 15,000 eggs in a mass covered in mucus, which hatch after about 36 hours.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Pterois antennata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pterois antennata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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