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Atlantic stargazer

Uranoscopus scaber

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

有毒液的棘刺吃：肉

The Atlantic stargazer is a fish that lies buried in sand or mud with only its eyes showing. It lives along the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa, and in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is one of only a few fish that can make electricity.1

分布在

Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea1

大西洋, 地中海

首頁

It is a demersal fish, which means it lives on or near the seabed. It lives in sandy or muddy sand on the upper slope of the continental shelf, at depths of 14 to 400 m. It is somewhat rare in the Bay of Biscay.1

長度

20 cm 到 35 cm (7,9 in 到 1,1 ft)1

最高速度

大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It is an ambush predator that lies buried with only its eyes exposed. It moves a small strip of skin on its lower jaw to lure prey, then lunges and swallows the prey in less than 30 milliseconds. It mainly eats fish larvae, small fish such as gobies and picarels, and small crustaceans.1

Atlantic stargazer 的照片 — Atlantic stargazer。照片：Yuriy Kvach。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Brown body with numerous small light spots1
Lighter belly1
Head and jaws face upwards, with eyes on top1
Large mouth1
Body somewhat flattened from top to bottom1
Usually 20 to 30 cm long, and can reach 35 cm1

毒液力量

有毒液的棘刺

尖銳的棘刺帶著毒液。踩到或抓到牠都會很痛。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When disturbed, it produces pulse-type electric organ discharges.1

如果牠的棘刺刺到你

把傷口泡在熱水裡，水溫要在傷者能忍受、又不會燙傷的範圍內（先用你自己的手試水溫），泡 30 到 90 分鐘。要就醫，特別是被石頭魚和魟魚刺傷時。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠的棘刺刺到：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲大西洋地中海

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 11 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 90 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Atlantic stargazer 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻花園蝸牛 大約 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Atlantic stargazer 大約 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is one of few fish capable of bioelectrogenesis, which means it can produce electricity.1

Its lure is a small strip of skin on its lower jaw, which it moves in and out rapidly to attract prey.1

It uses its electric organ to produce discharges when feeding and when disturbed.1

All species in its genus, Uranoscopus, have an electric organ that evolved from sonic muscles, but they lack the receptor organ needed to sense electric fields.1

It lacks a swimbladder, the gas-filled organ many fish use to control buoyancy.1

給毒液專家

學名: Uranoscopus scaber
類群: 有毒液的魚
家人: Uranoscopidae2
排序: Labriformes
各大洲: 大西洋, 地中海, 海洋
寶寶: It spawns between April and September, depending on the region, and produces pelagic eggs about 2 mm in diameter. The young remain pelagic after hatching.1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3