Orange-spotted spinefoot
The orange-spotted spinefoot is a small, spotted sea fish from the rabbitfish family. It lives in warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, often over reefs and mangroves. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Body is dusky blue above and silvery below1
- A single large yellow-orange spot sits below the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, near the tail1
- Several smaller reddish-brown spots run along the sides1
- A forward-pointing spine sits in front of the dorsal fin1
- Adults reach about 42 cm in total length, but 25 cm is more typical1
Amandla obuthi
Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
The spines of the dorsal, anal and pelvic fins have grooves containing venom glands. Venom from a related species was found to be similar to the venom of stonefishes.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.The wound from the spines may be relatively painful to people, but it is usually not dangerous.1
Senzani uma sesabile?
It uses its venomous spines for self-defence.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 njengobhanana abangu-2.5 abalandelanayo
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-13 ezilandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-33Orange-spotted spinefoot mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Siganus guttatus
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Siganidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Acanthuriformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- Young fish settle as fry in seagrass beds near river mouths. Spawning normally takes place at night, around midnight.1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Orange-spotted spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Siganus guttatus (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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