Flatheads

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Flatheads

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Crocodilefish

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Platycephalidae

Size

Ku fika ka 1m, hixitalo 30 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yikurile, yiva na nhloko yo phambarhala na ncila wofana na wa hanci. Mihlovo yo vonikela no dzwihala yivonakisa sweswo emirini wa yona hinkwawo. Mihlovo yo fana nay a ntima, buraweni, beige nayo basa hileyi yicinca cincelaka eka yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule ku fika eka 18 na tinxaka ta 60. Yirhandza kutshama le hansi swinene eka mati. Yi tumbela ehansi ka sava/sandi loko yi tumbela leswaku yita khoma valala. Yikota ku mita swakudya swayona loko switshunerile. Miri wa yona iwa xirhendzevutani loko yiri eku hlambeleni. Yitshikela matandza.

Swakudya

Yidya mavuluvulu na swihlampfani leswintsongo.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka maxelo hinkwawo na malwandle hinkwawo ya laha misaveni.

Common species

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