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False stonefish

Scorpaenopsis diabolus

名字的由來： The specific name diabolus means 'devil' in Latin, probably a reference to the venomous spines on its back fin.1

需要看醫生不要碰很少致命，但如果被牠的棘刺刺到，要去看醫生。

有毒液的魚

有毒液的棘刺吃：肉

對人的危險: 嚴重如果被牠的棘刺刺到，要去看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The false stonefish is a venomous fish that lives on the seabed in warm seas. It hides among rocks, coral and rubble, where it waits to ambush passing prey. It is worth knowing about because its back spines can give a painful sting.1

分布在

Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea, from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Australia and New Caledonia1

印度洋, 太平洋, 紅海, 珊瑚海, 菲律賓海, 安達曼海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉灣

首頁

It lives on the seabed among rubble, seaweed-covered rocks and rocks coated in coralline algae. It is found on reef flats, in lagoons and on the seaward side of reefs, at depths down to about 70 m.1

長度

30 cm (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. It waits on the seabed and feeds on passing prey such as invertebrates and small fish.1

False stonefish 的照片 — False stonefish。照片：jeyre。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Broad head with a wide mouth, a humped back and a tapering body1
Rough skin with low cone-shaped bumps, spines and tassels1
Mottled grey and white colouring with reddish-brown blotches, which blends in with stones and coral1
Twelve venomous spines in the dorsal (back) fin1
Inner sides of the broad pectoral (side) fins show orange, black and white blotches1

常被誤認為： It closely resembles the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), which is why the two are easily confused.1

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。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its venomous spines are in the dorsal fin on its back. They can inflict a painful wound when a person is pricked by them.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 嚴重如果被牠的棘刺刺到，要去看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

An 1829 account by the zoologists Cuvier and Valenciennes says the venom killed two local people in the Moluccas Islands of Indonesia, after what they described as frightful suffering. Local people there avoided the fish because they saw it as a bad omen.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When disturbed by a possible predator, it flares its pectoral fins as a warning.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太平洋印度洋紅海珊瑚海菲律賓海安達曼海帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海孟加拉灣

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 9 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）

False stonefish 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)

False stonefish 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

When lit by blue or ultraviolet light, it glows red. This is called biofluorescence, and it may help the fish communicate with others of its kind and aid its camouflage.1

It has twelve venomous spines in its dorsal fin, and it is these spines that make it dangerous.1

Its wide mouth and camouflage let it wait for prey to pass close by before it strikes.1

It is sometimes partly covered with sediment, which helps it stay hidden on the seabed.1