Soapfish

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Soapfish

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Grammistidae

Size

Ku fika eka 40 cm, hixitalo 15 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri lowukulu lowu tlhelaka wulala nyana. Nomo lowukulu lowu tlhelaka wu endla leswaku rihlaya rale hansi rihumela ehandle. Ncila wutshama wuri xirhendzevutani. Ti pectoral fins natona ita xirhendzevutani. Muhlovo wa hambana kusuka eka wasi wovonikela na milayeni ya xitshopani kuya eka ntima no basa kumbe silivhere na wasi.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukwalomu ka 7 na tinxaka ta 28. Lowu indyangu lowu nga duma hikuva wutshama himintlawa. Loko yichavisiwile yi humesa marhimila lawa yangana phoyizeni swinene lawa ya hetaka ya endla onge ixisibi loko ya hlangana na mati. Yikota kutumbela e hansi ka swimilani swale lwandle. Himinkarhi yotala yi hlota navusiku. Yitlhela yivoniwa yirikarhi yi hlota na tihlampfi letikulu. Yitshikela matandza kuva yiti andzisa.

Swakudya

Yidya swihlampfani leswintsongo nati crustaceans.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle yalaha emisaveni.

Common species

Goldribbon soapfish (Aulacocephalus temminckii)
Sixstripe soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus)
Snowflake soapfish (Pogonoperca punctata)