Butterflyfish

© Johan Boshoff

Igama Leentsapho Eziqhelekileyo

i-Butterflyfish

I-Alias

Akukho

Igama Lezesayensi

Chaetodontidae

Ubukhulu

Ukufika kwi-25 cm

Inkangeleko

I-Oval, icinezelekile kamva. Iifins zinqenqeza emva. Isiphetho seCaudal sijikelezwe okanye sifutshane (sinqunyiwe). Umtsalane udibanisa kwaye unwetshwe ngamazinyo amancinci njengamazinyo amancinci. Umbala obalalayo. Ezinye zinemizila kunye nemigca. Uninzi kunye neqela elimnyama ngapha kwelihlo.

Inkcukacha Jikelele

Intsapho yeChaetodontidae inezintlu eziyi-10 kunye nezilwanyana ezingu-114. Iintlobo eziqhelekileyo neziqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezininzi zeerali. Ukutya ngexesha lomhla. Ukuhamba ibanga elide ukusuka kwibanga lasekhaya ekukhangela ukutya. Ngokuqhelekileyo kuthatha umbala werhafu. Abanye bafaka izikolo, kodwa ezininzi zivela ngeebini. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukubhala

Ukutya kwama-polyp polps, ama-invertebrates amancinci, iiqanda zeentlanzi kunye ne-algae. Ezinye ziingcali okanye zondla kwi-plankton kuphela. Ezinye iigwetyi zisebenza 'njengezihlambululi' zezinye iintlanzi, ukuqokelela ama-parasites.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi Eziqhelekileyo

Golden butterfishfish
Chaetodon semilarvatus
IRaucoon butterflyfish
Chaetodon fasciatus
Coachman
Heniochus acuminatus