Old wife
有毒的刺The old wife is a striped fish with knife-like spines on its back fins. It lives in the cooler coastal waters of Australia. Its spines are widely considered to inflict a painful venom, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

怎样认出它
- Silver-and-black, vertical, zebra-like stripes along the body1
- Deep, flattened body with a concave (dipped) forehead, a shape typical of butterflyfishes1
- Two prominent dorsal fins on its back, with the second very long and sickle-shaped1
- Its back fins carry bony, knife-like spines1
- Grows up to 50 cm long1
常被误认为: The Moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus) has a similar range and appearance to the old wife. The name "zebra-fish" is also used for Girella zebra, a different fish.1
毒液之力
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?
The spines on its dorsal fins have no obvious venom groove or gland. The spines are still widely considered to inflict a painful venom.1
它对人有多危险?
对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼,但几乎从不严重。Its dorsal spines are widely considered to inflict painful venom.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
它有多大?
它有多长?
和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长
和 16 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)Old wife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?
事实
谣言粉碎机
谣言: It is a butterflyfish, just like the Chaetodon fishes.
真相: It was once placed in the genus Chaetodon with the butterflyfishes, but it is now the only member of its own family, Enoplosidae.1
事实的来源
- Old wife (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Enoplosus armatus (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
- Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的: 我们如何评定危险.
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