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Spotted scorpionfish

Scorpaena plumieri

名字的由來： The scientific name Scorpaena plumieri honours Charles Plumier, a Franciscan friar and naturalist who discovered this fish at Martinique.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 spotted scorpionfish is a venomous fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. It hides on shallow coral reefs and rocky seabeds, where it waits, almost still, for small fish and crustaceans to come close. Its back spines carry venom, so it is one to keep well away from.1

分布在

Western Atlantic from Bermuda to Massachusetts and the northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil; eastern Atlantic around Ascension Island and St. Helena1

大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥灣

首頁

It lives in shallow coral reefs and rocky areas, commonly found from 5 to 55 metres (16 to 180 ft) deep. It rests on the bottom, where it can be hard to see.1

長度

18 cm 到 45 cm (7,1 in 到 1,5 ft)1

體重

1,6 kg (3,4 lb)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 camouflages itself, waits until prey is in a good position, then uses its large mouth as a vacuum to suck the prey in quickly. Its prey includes fishes and crustaceans.1

Spotted scorpionfish 的照片 — Spotted scorpionfish。照片：Pauline Walsh Jacobson。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Robust body with a dorsal fin that has 12 spines1
Colour varies from brown to black on a light background1
Dark spots on the head1
Orange or red underside1
Fins with dark bands and spots, most often with green spots; tail fin with dark bars1

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？

The spines on the back inject venom that contains cardiotoxins, which cause a drop in blood pressure and in heart and breathing rates. Symptoms include excruciating pain at the site, followed by swelling, redness and occasionally skin death. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, agitation, sweating, irregular heartbeat, difficulty breathing and severe low blood pressure.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。

The spines can pose a danger to humans.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it spreads its pectoral fins and shows a bright colour, while venom glands at the base of its dorsal spines defend it against predators.1

如果牠的棘刺刺到你

The main treatment for pain is to immerse the affected limb in hot water at 45 to 50 °C until the pain is relieved.1
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