Damselfish

© Johan Boshoff

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

I-Damselfish

Ezinye kwintsapho

uGaribaldis, iiGregory, i-Sergeant-majors, i-Chromis, ii-sergeants.

Igama lezesayensi

Pomacentridae

Ukulinganisa

Ukufika ku-30cm, umyinge we-10cm

Ukukhangeleka

Umzimba ojikelezayo oval. Amanqanaba amakhulu amakhulu. Umsila onqabileyo uhluke kwi-concave ukuze ifakwe. Uluhlu oluhlukileyo, ukusuka kumnyama nomhlophe ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-orange kunye ne-blue.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Intsapho yasePomacentridae inamalungu ayi-28 kunye neentlobo eziyi-321. Zininzi phezu kwemihlaba. Zizifihla kwi-coral okanye kwimisebenzi xa ingozi ifika. Ezinye iintlobo zindawo. Indoda iyakha 'isidleke' edwaleni kwaye inkazana ibeka amaqanda ayo apho, ebuye azaliswe yindoda. Abalindi amadoda isidleke seentsuku ezisixhenxe.

Ukutya

Ngokuxhomekeke kwindawo yazo yokuhlala, ziya kutya i-algae, iplankton, i-corals kunye ne-crustaceans encinane yokuhlala.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

I-tshokotiti idibeneyo yodwa - Chromis dimidiata
USergeant major damselfish - Abudefduf vaigiensis
Domino damselfish - Dascyllus trimaculatus