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Leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus
Mayelana negama: Taenianotus combines the Latin 'taenia', a narrow flat band, with the Greek 'notus', meaning back, for its long fin. The species name triacanthus means 'three spines', although the fish actually has only two spines on its cheek.1
Kubuhlungu njeUngathintiKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi Ameva anobuthiSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The leaf scorpionfish is a flat, leaf-shaped fish that looks like a dead leaf drifting in the water. It lives on tropical coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific. It is special because it hides in plain sight and waits for its prey to come close.1

Ihlala
Indo-Pacific, from the east African coast and Red Sea to Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, the Ryukyu Islands and the coast of New South Wales1
ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal
Ekhaya
It lives in tropical waters on coral reefs, from shallow water down to a depth of 130 m.1
Ubude
10 cm (3.9 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It is an ambush predator. It waits until a small fish or shrimp comes close, then moves in slowly with its pectoral fins and opens its mouth suddenly to suck the prey in. It eats small crustaceans, fishes and larvae.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Leaf scorpionfish
Leaf scorpionfish. Isithombe: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • It is almost as flat as a leaf.1
  • Its colour varies from green, red, pink, brown, ocher and yellowish to ghostly white.1
  • A dark line runs through its eyes.1
  • Its large dorsal fin starts just behind the eyes and has 12 spines.1
  • Its skin often has blotches, and sometimes algae and hydroids grow on it.1

Amandla obuthi

Ameva anobuthi

Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The venom of the leaf scorpionfish is considerably weaker than that of the lionfish and stonefish.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Senzani uma sesabile?

It relies on camouflage, resembling a dead leaf and making gentle sideways movements with its pelvic area so it looks like a drifting inert object.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Leaf scorpionfish ubude obucishe bube ngu-10 cm (3.9 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-3 ezilandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-90

Leaf scorpionfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It sheds its skin every 10 to 14 days.1

2

It can change colour after each moult.1

3

Sometimes real algae and hydroids grow on its skin, adding to its camouflage.1

4

It has appendages around its mouth that help it blend in with its surroundings.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The species name triacanthus suggests the fish has three spines on its cheek.

Iqiniso: The fish has only two such spines, despite its name.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Taenianotus triacanthus
Iqembu
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Scorpaenidae2
Ukuhleleka
Perciformes
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
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Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Taenianotus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Taenianotus triacanthus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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