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Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus

可能致命不要碰不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠的棘刺刺到你，要趕快求救。

有毒液的棘刺吃：肉

The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.1

分布在

Indo-Pacific, including Singapore; also the eastern Mediterranean, and sometimes freshwater in East Africa and Madagascar1

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

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It is found mainly in coral reefs, and also in estuaries, tide pools and open coasts. Juveniles form dense, ball-shaped schools, while adults hide under ledges during the day.1

長度

32 cm (1 ft)1

最高速度

大約 5,5 km/h（3,4 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

Adults constantly search and stir the sand for crustaceans, molluscs, worms and sometimes fish.1

Striped eel catfish 的照片 — Striped eel catfish。照片：Diego Delso。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Brown body with cream-coloured or white lengthwise bands1
Second dorsal, tail and anal fins are joined together, as in an eel1
Four pairs of barbels (whisker-like feelers) around the mouth1
A highly venomous spine on the first dorsal fin and on each pectoral fin1
Adults can reach 32 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。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

The venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.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阿拉伯海與波斯灣帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海孟加拉灣

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 10 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 33 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Striped eel catfish 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？

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Striped eel catfish 大約 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1

In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1

Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1

Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1

給毒液專家

學名: Plotosus lineatus
類群: 有毒液的魚
家人: Plotosidae2
排序: Siluriformes
各大洲: 印度洋, 太平洋, 紅海, 珊瑚海, 安達曼海, 菲律賓海, 阿拉伯海與波斯灣, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉灣, 海洋
寶寶: It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3