Stonefish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Stonefish

Vito ra xi science

Synanceiidae

Size

Ku fika eka 35 cm, hintolovelo 20 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Hlampfi leyi yikurie swinene, yi tlhela yinyuhela. Nhlonge yayona onge yilo phutseriwa hi swinwana hikuva hlampfi leyi ayina magwaru tani hileswi tihlampfi tinga toloveriwa kuva tiri na magwaru. Muhlovo wuhambana kuya hilaha yikumekaka kona naswona wutirhisiwa kutumbela loko swifanerile. Lexi xi hatlaka xivonaka ngopfu i nomo wa yona lowunga languta e hansi.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wuna swiave swa 8 na tinxakaxaka ta 36. Yina tindzhawu letingana poyizeni ngopfu ngopfu laha hansi ka ti dorsal spines. Swina poyizeni swinene ngopfu ngopfu loko wo yi kandziya naswona ya dlaya. Yitala kutshama yinga ninginiki ehansi ka maribye nalaha kungana sava/sandi laha minkarhi yinwana yikotaka kuti celela e hansi ka sava/sandi. Vito ra yona rithyiwe hikwalaho ka xivumbeko xa yona. Yitshikela matandza kuva yiti andzisa.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa yona swikatsa swihlampfana, crustaceans na swihadyana leswingariki na rhambu rale nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common species

Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)