Triggerfish

© Johan Boshoff

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Triggerfish

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Balistidae

Size

Ku fika eka 1m, hintolovelo 35 cm

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri wa xivumbeko xa oval na nhloko yotontswa yitlhela yigoveka kuya encileni. Ncila wa yona wuna xivumbeko xa crescent. Ti dorsal fins tale mahlweni tina marhambu yambirhi yotiya lawa yakotaka ku petseka. Tinxaka tinwana tina matino yo karhiha swinene lawa yale mahlweni. Ti dorsal nati anal fins titshame hile ndzhaku nyana ka miri wa yona leswi endlaka xivumbeko xa triangle. Mihlovo yakona ya hambana hambana naswona ti pattern ta yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wa Balistidae wuna swirho swa 12 na tinxakaxaka ta 42. Yikumeka emakorhweni. Marhambu yati dorsal fins ya khiya loko yihlaseriwa. Yina ndzhawu yinwana leyinga kona exisakeni xa yona leyi yiyisirhelelaka swinene hambi kuri eka ti divers. Yitshikela matandza eka xisaka xayona.

Swakudya

Yi hanya hikudya swikokovi leswi kumekaka e hansi swinene kufana nati crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins nati nwana echinoderms. Tinwana tidya swimilani swale matini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha emisaveni.

Common species

Clown triggerfish - Balistoides conspicillum
Redfang triggerfish - Odonus niger
Titan triggerfish - Balistoides viridescens