Goatfish

© Johan Boshoff

Leina la Mophato

Goatfish

Leina la Maranyane

Mullidae

Semeto

E ka nna 60 cm, fa palo ya magareng yone e ka nna 35 cm.

Ponalo

Mmele oo moleele. Para ya di’barbels tse ditshesanyane kwa matlhakoreng a molomo. Mogatla wa bofelo o phatlhaletse. Makwapa a yone a magolo. Megatla ya mokwatla e kgaogantswe. Mebala ya farologana go simolla kwa selefera le bontsho go fitlha mmala wa lephutshe.

Dikitsiso

Lelapa la Mullidae le na le mephato e le 6 ka dibopiwa dile 55. Ke diphologolo tse dijelang kwa tlase, kaga di ikantse ka tse dingwe go phela. Di dirisa di’Barbels gore di bone dijo mo santeng(di’chemosensory). E bile di ka dirisetswa go gapa molekane ka dinako ya go fereya. Di kgobokana ka setlhopha nyana fa ditsoma. Ka dinako tse dingwe ka tsamaya le tse dingwe tse dijelang kwa tlase. Di tsala ka go tshela mae mo metsing pele a nonofatswa ke e tona.

Dijo

E fepa ka di’crustaceans tse dinnyane le ditshedi tse dinna mo dijalong, jaaka diboko le di’chinoderms.

Anamiso

E ka bonwa kwa borwa-bophirima ba lewatle la Atlantic le Afrika Borwa.

Dibopiwa tsa mophato wa yone

Blacksaddle goatfish - Parupeneus rubescens
Double-bar goatfish - Parupeneus bifasiatus
Flame goatfish - Mulloides vanicolensis