Dusky spinefoot
The dusky spinefoot is a rabbitfish with venomous spines on its fins. It is native to the western Indian Ocean and has spread into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. People also catch it as a food fish.1

Indlela yokusibona
Amandla obuthi
Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
The spines on its fins produce venom. In a study of a related rabbitfish, the venom was found to be similar to stonefish venom.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.When eaten, it has been linked to cases of mild ciguatera-like poisoning. Ciguatera is a form of food poisoning caused by toxins in some reef fish.1
Senzani uma sesabile?
When threatened, it stops suddenly and raises its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, showing an array of venomous spines around its body.1
Uma ameva aso ekugwaza
- 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-9 ezilandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-36Dusky spinefoot mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Its spines are mainly a defence against predators. The highest predation pressure falls on its larvae and planktonic stages.1
It came to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. It was first recorded off Israel in 1955 and has since spread as far west as the French Mediterranean coast and the Adriatic Sea.1
It is a daytime feeder. At night it hides in cavities in the reef.1
It is an important fish for fisheries in the Mediterranean. In Kenya, it is caught mainly as bycatch.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Siganus luridus
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Siganidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Acanthuriformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iMediterranean, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- It spawns in April and from June to August, when seawater is between 24 and 29 °C. The eggs and larvae drift in the plankton near the surface.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Dusky spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus luridus (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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