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Asian stinging catfish

Heteropneustes fossilis

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。

有毒的刺吃：什么都来一点

The Asian stinging catfish is a freshwater fish that can give a painful sting with the spine on its fin. It lives in ponds, ditches, swamps and marshes across South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. It matters to people because it is an important catch for local fisheries and is also farmed and sold in the aquarium trade.1

生活在

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar and Bhutan; introduced to the Tigris River Basin in western Iran1

亚洲

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It is found mainly in ponds, ditches, swamps and marshes, and sometimes in muddy rivers. It can tolerate slightly brackish water. It breeds in confined waters during the monsoon, and in ponds, derelict ponds and ditches when enough rainwater collects.1

长度

30 cm (1 ft)1

最高速度

约 5.5 公里/小时（3.4 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It is omnivorous, meaning it eats both plant and animal food.1

Asian stinging catfish的照片 — Asian stinging catfish。照片：Rejoice Gassah。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

It is a catfish of the airsac catfish group.1
It has a spine on its pectoral fin (the fin behind the head), and the venom gland sits on this spine.1
It grows to a total length of about 30 cm.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。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Poison from a gland on the pectoral fin spine causes extreme pain.1

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。

The stinging catfish can deliver a painful sting to people.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

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 9 块玩具积木排成一排一样长33 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Asian stinging catfish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)

Asian stinging catfish 约 5.5 公里/小时 (3.4 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is in great demand because of its alleged medicinal value.1

It can tolerate slightly brackish water, which is water that is a little salty.1

It has been introduced to the Tigris River Basin in western Iran, far outside its native range.1

给毒液专家

学名: Heteropneustes fossilis
类别: 有毒的鱼
家人: Clariidae2
排序: Siluriformes
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It breeds in confined waters during the monsoon, or in ponds and ditches when enough rainwater collects.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3