Devil firefish
The devil firefish, also called the common lionfish, is a striped fish with long, feathery fins. It lives in the Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to Indonesia, and has also spread into the Mediterranean, the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean. Its fin spines are venomous and can cause severe pain, so give it plenty of room.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Colour ranges from reddish to tan or grey.1
- Many thin, dark, vertical bars run across its head and body.1
- The dorsal fin looks feathery, and the pectoral fins are wing-like.1
- It grows up to 35 cm (14 in) long.1
- Its head is less angular than that of the red lionfish.1
Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It is frequently confused with its close relative, the red lionfish (Pterois volitans), which is very similar in appearance. The red lionfish does not occur in the Red Sea, and its head is more angular.1
Amandla obuthi
Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
The fin spines are highly venomous. A sting can cause extreme pain, vomiting, convulsions, minor paralysis and breathing difficulties.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUma ameva aso ekugwaza, yana kudokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.The fin spines have caused death in some reported cases, but a sting is rarely fatal. Some people are more sensitive to the venom than others, and symptoms vary in severity from person to person.1
Senzani uma sesabile?
Its venomous spines help protect it, which is probably why it has few predators.1
Uma ameva aso ekugwaza
- Immediate emergency medical attention is strongly recommended after any sting, even for healthy adults, because reactions vary and can be unpredictable.1
- Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha (yihlole ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 kuya kwengama-90. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha, ikakhulukazi kuma-stonefish nama-stingray.
Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala
Hlala uphephile
- Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
- Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Uma ameva aso ekugwaza: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.
Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile
Kuphi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-11 ezilandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-90Devil firefish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Moray eels have shown resistance to its spines, and they are now known to be natural predators of this fish in the Red Sea.1
The red lionfish is thought to have arisen from hybrids between this species and a related lionfish.1
It was first recorded in the Mediterranean off Israel in 1991, after entering through the Suez Canal. It is now common in the eastern Mediterranean.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Pterois miles
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Scorpaenidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Perciformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Pterois miles (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pterois miles (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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