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Ikhathuni ka-Yellow boxfish
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Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum
Malunga negama: The genus name Ostracion means "little box", and the species name cubicum means "cubic", both referring to its box-like body.1
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo Ityhefu esikhumbeni sasoSitya: Kancinci kwento nganyeSiyatyhefa, asinatyhefu yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The yellow boxfish is a box-shaped fish with a hard, rigid body and bright yellow skin with black spots. It lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and northern New Zealand. It is special because it can release a toxic mucus when stressed, which harms other fish nearby.1

Siyatyhefa okanye sinetyhefu? Izilwanyana ezinetyhefu zitofa ityhefu ngokuluma okanye ngokuhlaba. Izilwanyana ezityhefayo ziyingozi xa uzichukumisa okanye uzitya. Esi siyatyhefa.
Sihlala
Indo-Pacific reefs, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii, Japan and northern New Zealand; occasionally the eastern Mediterranean1
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal
Ekhaya
It lives on sheltered coastal and offshore coral reefs and on flat seabed, at depths of 1 to 75 metres. It is also kept in the aquarium trade.1
Ubude
45 cm (1,5 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats mainly bottom-dwelling animals and marine algae. Its diet can also include worms, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs and small fish.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Yellow boxfish
Yellow boxfish. Ifoto: Georgina Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Box-shaped body covered by a rigid, armoured shell called a carapace1
  • Young fish are bright yellow with black spots all over the body1
  • As it ages, the yellow fades and very old fish are blue-grey to black with faded yellow1
  • Usually found alone, as it is a solitary fish1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) has the same box shape and spots. The yellow boxfish is mainly bright yellow with dark spots, while the spotted boxfish is darker with white spots.1

Amandla etyhefu

Ityhefu esikhumbeni saso

Isikhumba saso siyatyhefa. Kuyingozi ukusichukumisa, ukusikhotha okanye ukusitya.

Ityhefu yaso etyhefayo (xa usichukumisa okanye usitya) yenza ntoni?

When stressed, it secretes a toxic mucus containing a neurotoxin called ostracitoxin, which attacks the nerves. This toxin is highly harmful to marine fish: it breaks down their red blood cells, which then clump together. Nearby fish may be killed when they are exposed to it.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it releases toxic mucus, and its bright yellow and black colours warn predators to stay away.1

Ukuba umntu usichukumisile okanye usityile

  • Ukuba umntu usityile okanye uneempawu emva kokusitya: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka okanye iziko lezityhefu (poison centre) ngoko nangoko.

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 usichukumisile okanye usityile: musa ukukhuhla amehlo okanye umlomo wakho, hlamba izandla zakho kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango.

Asikuzingeli. Ityhefu yaso ikhona nje ukuze kungabikho nto isityayo. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceaniauLwandlekazi lwePasifikiuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiyauLwandle oluBomvuuLwandle lweCoraluLwandle lwaseMzantsi ChinauLwandle lwePhilippinesuLwandle lweTimor ne-ArafuraiBhayi yaseBengal

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Yellow boxfish malunga ne-45 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-14 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-45

U-Yellow boxfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Engineers have studied boxfish to inspire designs for a concept car, bridge box girders and an airship.1

2

The carapace was once thought to help stability, but it was found to slightly increase drag and make the fish less stable.1

3

The fish can make humming and clicking sounds using the muscles of its swim bladder.1

4

The toxic mucus contains a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which may play a role in the fish's defence.1

5

Juvenile fish are brighter yellow than adults, and this bright colour is thought to deter predators early in life.1

6

Boxfish are strong, swift swimmers despite their stiff, box-shaped bodies.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Boxfish are weak swimmers because of their boxy shape.

Inyaniso: Boxfish are surprisingly strong swimmers. Their shape creates swirling water patterns that help them steer through reefs and make sharp turns.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Ostracion cubicum
Iqela
Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo
Usapho
Ostraciidae2
Ucwangco
Tetraodontiformes
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
Imeko yaso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Yellow boxfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ostracion cubicum (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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