Garden Eels

© Johan Boshoff

Lebitso la leloko le tlwaelehileng

Garden eels

Lebitso le leng

Freckled, Spotted, Common, Red Sea, Taylor’s, Zebra

Scientific name

Heterocongridae

Boholo

70 cm

Boitsebiso

Mme o tshwanang le noha o senang matlalolwana a tlhapi. Lepheo le hodimo le tswela pele hoy a pela mohatla le lepehong le pela mohlamu. Karolo e nyane ya ho kenya moya e bulehileng. Dipounama tse kgolo. Mmala o fapana ho tloha ho o kganyang ka matheba a lefifi. Tse ding di nale mmalanyana o mmala wa lamunu le o mosweu.

Tsebo ka Kakaretso

Heterocongridae ke leloko le nang le dihlopha tse 2 le mefuta 33. E fumanwa ha dihlopha tse kgolo lehlabetheng le bonolo. Mmelle wa tsona ka hodimo o kgona ho hlahella ho tswa lehlabatheng jwalo ka semela, jwalo ka lebitso le tjho. E dihlong haholo. Eel e nngwe le e nngwe e dula mokoting wa yona. Lehlabathe la mekoti le kgomathedisitswe mmoho leboteng ka maro a tswang mohatleng. Tlhahiso key a ho behela mahe ka hare ho metsi a potapotileng.

Dijo

E ja dikokonyana tse phaphametsing lewatle

Kabo

E fumaneha maemong ohle a lehodimo le mawatleng a tropiki lefatsheng.

Mefuta e tlwaelehileng

Black garden eel - Heteroconger perissodon
Splendid garden eel - Gorgasia preclara
White-spotted garden eel - Gorgasia maculatus