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Walking catfish

Clarias batrachus
Mayelana negama: It is named for its ability to 'walk' and wiggle across dry land to find food or better places to live.1
Kubuhlungu njeUngathintiKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi Ameva anobuthiSidla: Kancane kwakho konke
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The walking catfish is a freshwater fish that can crawl across wet land to reach new water. It lives in Southeast Asia and has also been introduced to places such as Florida. Its spiny defence is the reason it needs careful handling.1

Ihlala
Native to maritime Southeast Asia; introduced to Florida and other US states1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives in slow-moving or stagnant water, including ponds, swamps, streams, rivers, flooded rice paddies and temporary pools that may dry up. It is often found in muddy ponds, canals and ditches, mostly on or near the bottom.1
Ubude
50 cm (1.6 ft)1
Isisindo
1.2 kg (2.6 lb)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 6 km/h (3.7 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It eats smaller fish, molluscs and other invertebrates, as well as detritus and aquatic weeds. It is a fast, voracious eater that uses up food supplies quickly.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Walking catfish
Walking catfish. Isithombe: Wie146. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Elongated body, grey or grey-brown in colour1
  • Often covered on its sides with small white spots1
  • Long dorsal and anal fins, and several pairs of sensory barbels1
  • Scaleless skin covered in mucus1
  • No adipose fin, a small fleshy fin on the back near the tail1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It is often confused with North American ictalurid catfish and with close relatives such as C. magur. The walking catfish can be told apart from the North American ictalurid catfish because it lacks an adipose fin.1

Amandla obuthi

Ameva anobuthi

Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It must be handled carefully when fished because of its embedded sting or thorn-like spines. It is also harmful as an invasive species, because it eats the food of native fish, preys on their young and can destroy fish farms.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It has a sting or thorn-like spine hidden behind its fins, which it uses to defend itself.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?

Walking catfish ubude obucishe bube ngu-50 cm (1.6 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)

Sisinda kangakanani?

sisinda njengobhanana abangu-10
side njengobhanana abangu-3 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-16 ezilandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-30

Walking catfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It can survive 18 hours out of water.1

2

It moves over land with snake-like wiggles, using its pectoral fins to stay upright.1

3

In Florida, fish farmers have had to put up fences to protect their ponds from them.1

4

It often rises to the surface to gulp air, because it breathes air as well as using water.1

5

Walking catfish were imported to Florida in the early 1960s for aquaculture, and escapes led to wild populations.1

6

In Indonesia it is known as lele and is the main ingredient in dishes such as pecel lele.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The walking catfish truly walks on land like a four-legged or two-legged animal.

Iqiniso: It does not walk in that way. It uses its pectoral fins to stay upright while it wiggles its body in snake-like movements.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Clarias batrachus
Iqembu
Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Clariidae2
Ukuhleleka
Siluriformes
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Walking catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Clarias batrachus (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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