Dangerous Fish

Rascasso - Red Seabream - Scorpion Fish

Solitary species very common in Portuguese coast live on rocks, sand or mud. Feeds are fish and shellfish. Touching a scorpion fish, the most natural is to be injected by your venom should ask for immediate medical aid and travel to the nearest hospital, depending on area and species can be serious or fatal in some cases.

Peixe Aranha,Spider Fish

The fish from each spider has opercular gill a poisonous thorn and three of the first dorsal fin rays are also poisonous. It is the black of the fin to more easily identify. Its bite can cause pain intensíssimas. Normally live away from beaches. but appears, from time to time, buried in the sand a few centimeters deep. Hours after his death still keeps the poison asset. When fishing the bottom on the beach is very common and usually bite in all types of natural bait. Any unwary fisherman who is bitten should seek medical help quickly in the first half hour can be implemented some measures to alleviate the pain. First Aid: 0 by heat treatment is advised, the venom of these fishes is termolábil, ie it decomposes under the action of heat. Immersion of the affected area in water up to temperature bearable, or even approaching a lit cigarette to the shortest distance possible, solutions can be applied during the first half hour. After you have spent some time, the doctor may prescribe painkillers or injections sites, which atenuarão the pain.

Ratão,Hipsterscum

Inhabits bays and estuaries and sometimes in high seas. It is sometimes in groups. Feed up of crustaceans, molluscs and fish. The tail of the skate has one or more edges of sawtoothed poisonous spines, capable of causing very painful wounds.

Tremelga

Found in soft money, usually along the coast in places but occasionally deeper. It is fostered by small fish and some invertebrates. Able to inflict a shock greater than 200 volts.

Moreia ,Brown,

Nocturnal and territorial species. Live in holes in rocks or coral. Feeds are fish and cephalopods. Rarely attacks unless it is provoked. Note that the bite is extremely dangerous because it is difficult to remove the hand or an arm of an unwary fisherman.

Blue

Oceanic species, it can sometimes be found very near the coast in some places. Usually found from 150m. Appears frequently in the seas of the Azores, fishing by using pieces of meat as bait in blood feeds are fish, small sharks, squid and occasionally sea birds. Potentially dangerous to humans.

Barracuda

Found along the coast and at sea. Fed mainly on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods. Extremely aggressive species can cause very serious injuries. Their meat is toxic to humans. It caught the corrico with sardines or fish bait and artificial. agony.