Fish-stone - the most ugly and poisonous creature lurking at the bottom of the oceans.For a very extravagant look often called synanceia verrucosa.This is a small fish in length rarely exceeds 20 cm. Her body is covered with growths in the form of bumps and warts.On the dotted outgrowths head is a huge mouth and small eyes.The body without scales is brown-brown color with light spots and stripes.For the year synanceia verrucosa change the skin several times.On its dorsal fin centered twelve very hard poisonous spines.Since most of his life fish holds at the bottom of the stone, slowly crawling over him, her pectoral fins acquired a broad base.Toxic channels are not only in the dorsal spines.They also focused on anal and pectoral fins
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synanceia verrucosa often found off the coasts of the tropical seas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.They are quiet and very sedentary lifestyle.They live in shallow coral reefs, hiding among rocks overgrown with slime small.Yet they are very fond of lava piles.Being lucky predator - very important for this fish.Stone or sand - the best shelter for her.It is able to spend hours lying in wait and wait gaping dispersed prey.Buried in the ground, synanceia verrucosa often leaves the outside back.If the view on top of her, she would resemble overgrown weeds cobblestones.That is why it is often compared with the stone.
Despite the lazy way of life, fish stone is extremely irritable.At the slightest hint of a threat, it immediately raises thorny spines on the dorsal fin
.It is in their basis is poison.These needles are so strong that even the shoes can protect them.If the fish come and touch
to her, she immediately plunges them into human flesh.For a man is very dangerous poison synanceia verrucosa.The most common encounters with this fish end lethal.But even if a person is lucky - he survived, then almost certainly will remain disabled for life.Yad stone-fish - tetrodotoxin - the most dangerous of all known toxins, which are endowed with the inhabitants of the deep sea.After penetration into the blood vessels of the organism it destroys the red blood cells and affects the central nervous system.Often, the victim does not even realize what happened.Painful shock is so strong that people just lose consciousness.If it is not time to be a highly skilled medical care, death can occur within five hours.
Different peoples fish stone has many names.Rhode synanceia verrucosa includes seven species, all of which are found in the Red Sea.The most common kind of assumed Synanceia verrucosa.It is the largest representative of borodavchatok.In length it can reach 40 cm, and weighs about 2.5 kg.Power up his diet small fish and crustaceans, which he swallows his huge mouth with water.Smaller species can be found in popular fish market of the Pacific countries.There, they are very elegant and delicious delicacy.
