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Ikhathuni ka-Marbled spinefoot
Inombolo 1216 kwezingu-1 402

Marbled spinefoot

Siganus rivulatus
Mayelana negama: The genus name Siganus comes from the Arabic sijan, meaning rabbitfish. The species name rivulatus means irregularly marked with colour, for the yellow streaks on its sides.1
Kubuhlungu njeUngathintiKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi Ameva anobuthiSidla: Izitshalo
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The marbled spinefoot is a shoaling fish that mostly eats algae. It lives in shallow warm seas in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean, and it has spread into the Mediterranean. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

Ihlala
Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea; now very common across the eastern Mediterranean1
ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iMediterranean, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf
Ekhaya
Shallow water, usually less than 15 m deep, over rock, sand or sea grass covered in algae. It prefers sheltered areas and sometimes enters estuaries. It lives in schools of 50 to several hundred fish.1
Ubude
10 cm kuya ku-40 cm (3.9 in kuya ku-1.3 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 5.2 km/h (3.2 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Adults mainly graze on algae, including Polysiphonia and Sphacelaria species. In spring and early summer in the northern Red Sea they have also been seen eating comb jellies and moon jellyfish. Young fish feed on tiny diatoms and then on small crustaceans called copepods.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Marbled spinefoot
Marbled spinefoot. Isithombe: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Grey-green to brown upper body1
  • Yellow or silvery white underside1
  • Dark spots and yellow wavy lines along the sides1
  • Flattened body, with barbed, venomous spines in the fins1
  • Usually 10 to 20 cm long1

Amandla obuthi

Ameva anobuthi

Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The spines in the fins have venom glands at their base. The venom is a protein that is damaged by heat. The sting is very painful.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The spines can inflict a painful sting if the fish is handled incorrectly. No deaths from its venom have been recorded. Separately, poisoning has been recorded in Israel after people ate its flesh, linked to fish caught in polluted water.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Its spines are barbed and venomous, and they can injure anyone who handles the fish carelessly.1

Uma ameva aso ekugwaza

  • The affected area should be treated with as high a temperature as possible, within 43 to 46 °C, because heat damages the venom. The person should also be checked for possible infection.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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Marbled spinefoot ubude obucishe bube ngu-40 cm (1.3 ft)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengobhanana abangu-2 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-12 ezilandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-35

Marbled spinefoot mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Some people have reported hallucinations after eating it.1

2

Eating its flesh has caused poisoning, and the toxins involved are similar to ciguatoxin.1

3

Its spines carry venom from glands at their base, so the fish can sting when it is handled.1

4

Adults can eat jellyfish, including comb jellies and moon jellyfish, in parts of the northern Red Sea.1

5

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, first recorded off Palestine in 1927.1

6

It can be bred in captivity and is being studied as a farmed fish because it eats plant-based feed.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Siganus rivulatus
Iqembu
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Siganidae2
Ukuhleleka
Acanthuriformes
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iMediterranean, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
The fish lays eggs, which are fertilised outside the body. The eggs are 0.5 to 0.6 mm across, and the adults give them no care.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Siganus rivulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus rivulatus (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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