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Ikhathuni ka-Grey stingfish
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Grey stingfish

Minous monodactylus
Mayelana negama: The specific name monodactylus means "one finger", which refers to the detached lowest ray of its pectoral fin.1
Kubuhlungu njeUngathintiKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi Ameva anobuthi
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The grey stingfish is a small sea fish with venomous spines. It lives in warm, shallow coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and it is a relative of the scorpionfishes. Its spines can inject venom into people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Ihlala
Indian and Pacific Oceans, from east Africa and Madagascar to Indonesia and southern Japan, and New Caledonia. Absent from Australia and the Red Sea.1
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal
Ekhaya
It lives in nearshore waters on the continental shelf, at depths of 10 to 55 m (33 to 180 ft). It prefers sheltered places such as bays and lagoons, and soft seabed.1
Ubude
15 cm (5.9 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Grey stingfish
Grey stingfish. Isithombe: R.Saravanan. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • The upper body has pale bars and stripes, and the lower body is pale.1
  • The margin of the dorsal fin is dark, with a black spot on the front part of the soft-rayed section.1
  • The caudal (tail) fin is crossed by two wide, vertical bars.1
  • The lowest pectoral fin ray is clearly detached from the rest, and has a fleshy cap.1
  • There are no scales on the head and body, apart from those along the lateral line. Colour is variable.1

Amandla obuthi

Ameva anobuthi

Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

It has a venom gland at the base of its fin spines. A groove in each spine carries the venom to the tip, so the venom is delivered through the spine.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Grey stingfish ubude obucishe bube ngu-15 cm (5.9 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-5 ezilandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-90

Grey stingfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It is venomous to humans, and its venom is carried in grooves in its fin spines.1

2

It has between 9 and 11 spines in its dorsal fin.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Minous monodactylus
Iqembu
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Synanceiidae2
Ukuhleleka
Perciformes
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Minous monodactylus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Minous monodactylus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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