Gafftopsail catfish
The gafftopsail catfish is a sea catfish with long, venomous spines that can cause painful wounds. It lives in warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The male carries the eggs in his mouth until they hatch.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Blue-grey to dark brown on the back, with a light grey belly.1
- Deeply forked tail.1
- Long, serrated venomous spines on the pectoral and dorsal fins.1
- A small hump on the back that looks somewhat like a wave.1
- A white or pale blue anal fin, and a fleshy extension on the dorsal spine.1
Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It resembles the hardhead catfish. The gafftopsail can be told apart by the distinctive fleshy extension on its dorsal spine.1
Amandla obuthi
Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
Its long, serrated spines are venomous and can cause painful wounds.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.The spines can cause painful wounds, so care should be taken when handling this fish.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?
Sisinda kangakanani?
side njengobhanana abangu-4 abalandelanayo
sisinda cishe njengekati lasekhaya
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-24Gafftopsail catfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Males carry the eggs in their mouths, and do not feed while they are brooding eggs or young.1
Anglers consider it a strong fighter, and it is attracted to the sound of struggling fish.1
Unlike most catfish, which mainly feed on the bottom, this fish feeds throughout the water column.1
Young fish are about 5 cm long when they hatch from the eggs.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Bagre marinus
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Ariidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Siluriformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ichweba laseMexico, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- The male keeps up to 55 eggs in his mouth until they hatch, and may keep brooding the young until they are about 10 cm long. Spawning takes place over inshore mudflats from May to August.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Gafftopsail catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bagre marinus (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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