Seahorse

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra Ntolovelo ra Xindyangu

Seahorse

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Hippocampinae

Size

Ku fika eka 18 cm, hintolovelo 8 cm

Nhlamuselo

Miri wa yona wubumburile swinene yiva na marhambu lawa ya vonakalaka. Lomu makumu ka yona ka kariha swinene. Yiva na nomo na nhompfu swoleha kasi ncila wa yona lowo leha wutirha ku khomelela. Dorsal fin yile hansi lendzhaku leyi tirhisiwaka kuhlambela. Mihlovo yahambana kusuka eka ntima kuya eka xitshopani xovangama kasi minkarhi yinwani yiva ya pink na swicoticoti kumbe rihlaza. Pygmy seahorses yikula kufika eka 5 cm.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa Hippocampinae wukatsa pipefish. Yikumeka eka ti sea grass kumbe sea fans emakumu kati reefs. Mihlovo ya yona yiyipfuna ngopfu kuva yitumbela. Yikota kuva yi cinca muhlovo wa yona hindlela yoka yinga tolovelekangi loko yitshuka yi chavisiwile. Yi hlambela yi kombe nhompfu ehansi. Leyi ya xinuna yi rhwala matandza loko ya tshikeriwile hi leyi ya xisati laha yimavekaka laha khwirini kasi tinwana tiwa veka laha ncileni.

Swakudya

Yidya switsotswana na swihadyana leswi kumekaka ematini tanihi ti crustaceans na matandza ya tihlampfi.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common Species

Spotted seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
Tigertail seahorse
Hippocampus comes