Flatheads

© Johan Boshoff.

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

i-Flatheads

I-Alias

i-Crocodilefish

Igama lezesayensi

Platycephalidae

Ubukhulu

Ukufika ku-1m, umyinge we-30cm

Ukukhangeleka

Iinwele ezinkulu eziplanga, imisila ekhonkco. Umbala wokukhanya kunye nobumnyama obumnyama wonke umzimba. Umnyama, umdaka, u-beige nomhlophe. Unokutshintsha umbala ukuze ulungele imvelaphi.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Inzala yePlatycephalidae inemihlathi eyi-18 kunye neentsuku eziyi-60. Indawo ephantsi. Ifihla phantsi kwesanti okanye isebenzise ukuxhamla. Ikhupha ixhoba xa isondele ngokwaneleyo. Amalungu ayajikeleza xa ebhukuda. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Zitya ii-crustaceans kunye neentlanzi ezincinci.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)
Broadhead flathead (Thysanophrys arenicola)
Longhead flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps)