Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Onímájèlé tí a bá jẹ ẹ́Oúnjẹ rẹ̀: Díẹ̀ nínú ohun gbogboOnímájèlé, kì í ṣe olóróValentin's sharpnose puffer is a small reef fish with four black stripes across its back. It lives in warm seas across the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and parts of the Pacific. It is special because its skin holds one of the most potent natural poisons known, which keeps most predators away.1

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- Four distinct black stripes, called saddles, run across its back.1
- The head is blue-grey.1
- The main body is white, speckled with blue-grey spots.1
- The tail and fins show hints of yellow, and a rainbow streak sits behind the eyes.1
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: The filefish Paraluteres prionurus has similar colours and sometimes swims in schools with this puffer. It mimics the puffer's appearance for protection, but it is not toxic.1
Agbára májèlé
Ó léwu kìkì bí ohun kan bá jẹ ẹ́.
Kí ni májèlé rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?
Its skin and other tissues contain tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It is one of the most potent naturally occurring toxins and is lethal to many species of fish. This makes the fish unpalatable to predators.1
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anBí ẹnìkan bá jẹ ẹ́, lọ rí dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.It is highly poisonous to eat.1
Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
It gulps water to puff its body up to three or four times its normal volume, and its toxic skin deters predators.1
Bí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́
- Bí ẹnìkan bá jẹ ẹ́ tàbí tí ó ní àmì àìsàn lẹ́yìn tí ó jẹ ẹ́: pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ tàbí ibùdó ìmọ̀ràn májèlé lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí o bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́: má ṣe fọwọ́ pa ojú tàbí ẹnu rẹ, fọ ọwọ́ rẹ kí o sì wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Májèlé rẹ̀ wà níbẹ̀ kìkì kí ohunkóhun má baà jẹ ẹ́. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Níbo ní ayé?
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 3 tí a tò sí ìlà kan
lè lúwẹ̀ẹ́ gígùn adágún ìwẹ̀ ńlá (50 m) ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 45Báwo ni Valentin's sharpnose puffer ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
Its tetrodotoxin is one of the most potent naturally occurring toxins, and it is lethal to many fish.1
A non-toxic filefish, Paraluteres prionurus, has evolved to look like this puffer, which helps it avoid predators.1
Its eggs are unpalatable, so predatory fish rarely eat them, and any swallowed eggs are quickly passed out again. This means the parents need not guard them.1
Juveniles of the grouper Plectropomus laevis also mimic its colours.1
Its eggs, at 0.68 to 0.72 mm across, are among the smallest in the puffer family Tetraodontidae.1
Olùfọ́ àròsọ
Àròsọ: Pufferfish hold their breath while they puff up.
Òtítọ́: A 2014 study found that oxygen consumption actually increases while the fish is inflated. Oxygen intake through the gills is almost five times higher than normal.1
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Canthigaster valentini
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Àwọn ẹranko onímájèlé mìíràn
- Ìdílé
- Tetraodontidae2
- Ètò
- Tetraodontiformes
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Òkun Pàsífíìkì, Òkun Íńdíà, Òkun Pupa, Òkun Coral, Òkun Fílípínì, Òkun Gúúsù Ṣáínà, Òkun Tímọ̀ àti Òkun Àráfúrà, Àwọn òkun ńlá
- Àwọn ọmọ
- Females lay anywhere between fifteen and over 800 eggs at a time, every four to ten days depending on the season.1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Canthigaster valentini (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.


