Stone fish

The stone fish ( Synanceia verrucosa ) is one of Poisson famous Scorpaenidae to be more poisonous in the world.

Description

Corpulent and squat, the adult stone fish measures between thirty and forty centimetres. It is of a white color with violet which is not easily definable because it has the effect of merging with its environment. Irregular, its Peau releases indeed a Mucus able to retain the coral remains and the algae carried by the current.

The stone fish is equipped with backbones connected to poison glands. It can easily be confused with other fish of its family like the fish scorpion or the rascasse.

Habitat and behavior

The stone fish is common to the Réunion, the Mauritius or in Western Australia. One also meets it in Polynésie and surely in other areas of the world. It seems little known with Madagascar where it is however met.

The stone fish meets day in the rock zones and the stray S, where he generally lives hidden in anfractuosities. One can also find it in sandy zones. It is buried then in the Sable.

It is nourished the night of small fish and Crevette S which it aspires with its mouth in a famous movement the fastest being of the world.

Dangerosity

Its poisoned backbones and the Camouflage which it practices make the stone fish extremely dangerous for the man, specifically for bathers who would walk on him in the Lagon.

The puncture causes a swelling which can be important and sometimes accompanied by a coloring noirâtre or bluish and localized burns. The intense Douleur that it causes goes up in all the touched member. It is at the origin of faintnesses and digestive disorders possibly being able to be accompanied by respiratory difficulties. It does not cause the Mort, except exceptional case.

The wound must be washed with sea water then disinfected with a Antiseptique. The venom delivered by fish being thermolabile, it can be destroyed by the Chaleur. One can thus plunge the member reached in a warm water bath. The Binding S and Garrot S are disadvised.

External bonds

clinical Case on site SOMEDNAT Envenimation by stone fish

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