Filefish

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Filefish

Vito rinwana

Foolfish, Leatherjackets or Shingles

Vito ra xi science

Monacanthidae

Size

Ku fika eka 110 cm, hintolovelo 20 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Laha mahlweni ka miri ku entile swinene, leswi endlaka leswaku yiva na xivumbeko xa triangle. Miri wa yona wu phambarhalile nyana laha fin leyi yale ndzhaku yi lehile swinene kasi leyi yale ncileni yikomile swinene. Nhloko yayona iyintsongo yiva na xinon’wana yitlhela yiva na matinu yati incisor. Yikota kuva yi cinca muhlovo. Yi endla mihlovo yo hambana kuva yikota ku tumbela loko swifanerile. Mihlovo ya leya xinuna na leya xisati ya hambana.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa xona wufika eka 31 laha kunga na tinxaka ta 95 ta yona. Yikumeka ekusuhi swinene na sava/sandi. Letintsongo titumbela eka mabyasi ya lwandle. Titala kukumeka hi mintlawa. Nhlonge ya yona wa khwaxa leswi endlaka leswaku yikuma vito leri. Yitshikela matandza lawa ya rindziwaka hi vatswari hinkwavo.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa hambana kuya hi tinxakaxaka ta yona. Kusuka eka nkuxu kuya eka mabyasi yale lwandle kuya eka swihadyani leswi pfumalaka rhambu rale nhlaneni. Kasi tin’wani tidya switsotswana leswinga ku boleni na leswinga fa.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka maxelo hinkwawo nale ka malwandle hinkwawo ya misava.

Common species

Blacksaddle mimic filefish - (Paraluteres prionurus)
Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
Honeycomb filefish (Cantherhines pardalis)