Dottybacks

© Johan Boshoff

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

iiDottybacks

Igama lezesayensi

Pseudochromidae

Ukulinganisa

Ukufika ku-50cm, uyotsho ku-8cm.

Ukukhangeleka

Imizimba emide ejikelezayo kunye nexesha eliqhubekayo lokugqithisa. Amancinci amancinci kunye namakhulu amakhulu. Kubonakala kuhluke ngokusemthethweni. Ngokuqhelekileyo ngemibala eqaqambileyo efana nolulantshi kunye nemfusa. Imibala emnyama, emhlophe neyombala iqhelekileyo.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Intsapho ye-Pseudochromidae inemihlathi eyi-16 kunye neentlobo eziyi-98. Ifunyenwe kwimigodi kunye nentsalela ze-coral kufuphi neenxweme. Eyona ndawo. I-Hermaphrodites (iyakwazi ukuthatha amalungu omntu wesini kunye nesini). Umfazi ubeka ibhola la maqanda apho indoda ikhula kwaye ibukele kude idibane. Ezinye iindidi ziyakhupha umlomo.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwi-algae, ii-crustaceans ezincinci kunye neplankton.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Bicolour dottyback - Pictichromis paccagnellae
Sankeys dottyback - Pseudochromis sankeyi
Umnyama omnyama - Pseudochromis pesi