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African lionfish

Pterois mombasae

名字的由来： The name refers to Mombasa in Kenya, the place where the fish was first described.1

需要看医生不要触摸很少致命，但如果它的刺扎到你，要去看医生。

有毒的鱼

有毒的刺

对人的危险: 严重如果它的刺扎到你，要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The African lionfish is a striking marine fish from the scorpionfish and lionfish family. It lives in the tropical Indian Ocean, where it is often found on soft, muddy sea floors. Its spines can harm people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

生活在

Indian Ocean, from the eastern African coast between Kenya and South Africa, Madagascar, the Maldives, India and east to the Andaman Sea.1

印度洋, 红海

首页

It is a rare visitor to rocky bottoms on deep offshore reefs. It is usually found on soft or muddy sea floors with thick ridges of rubble, among rich growths of sponges and other invertebrates.1

长度

31 cm (1 ft)1

最高速度

约 4.8 公里/小时（3 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

African lionfish的照片 — African lionfish。照片：Diego Delso。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Many brown to brownish red bars run along the body, and the bars near the base of the tail are thin and wavy.1
A brownish red spot, smaller than the pupil of the eye, sits on the lower gill cover.1
The soft-rayed parts of the dorsal, anal and tail fins are see-through, with small brownish red spots scattered on the rays.1
The pelvic fin is blackish.1
The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 10 soft rays. It has no tentacles above the eyes, or only very small ones.1

常被误认为： A closely related species, Pterois paucispinula, lives in the Western Pacific Ocean. The African lionfish is limited to the Indian Ocean, so the location of a sighting helps tell the two apart.1

毒液之力

有毒的刺

锋利的刺带着毒液。踩到或抓住它会很疼。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重如果它的刺扎到你，要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

Its spines can harm people who come into contact with it.1

如果它的刺扎到你

把伤口泡在热水里，水温以不烫伤为限、尽量热（先用你自己的手试一试），泡 30 到 90 分钟。去看医生，尤其是被石头鱼和魟鱼伤到时。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果它的刺扎到你：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲印度洋红海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 10 块玩具积木排成一排一样长38 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

African lionfish和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

African lionfish 约 4.8 公里/小时 (3 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

In 2014, scientists described a similar species from the Western Pacific Ocean. They found that the African lionfish was restricted to the Indian Ocean, and that the new species had been overlooked before.1

When Smith described it, he thought it looked most like a fish from Hawaii, Pterois sphex.1