Flounders

© Johan Boshoff

Vito rantolovelo ra xindyangu

Flounders

Vito rinwana

Left-eyed flounders

Vito ra xi science

Bothidae

Size

Ku fika eka 1,5 m, hintolovelo 40 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wo phambarhala lowungana matihlo yambirhi laha tlhelo rin’we. Ti pectoral fins ta yona tilehile. Kasi dorsal na ti fins tale ndzhaku atiyi emahlweni. Mihlovo ya yona ya hambanahambana swinene. Wa vonikela kambe yiva na swicoticoti, swinwana swicoticoti iswa wasi. Ya swikota kuva yi cinca muhlovo ku kota kutumbela.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu ya yona wukule kufika eka 13 na tinxaka toringana 116. Muxaka lowu wutswariwa wuri na matirhlo eka matlhelo hinkwawo kambe swifika laha ya cincaka yaya tshama etlhelo rinwe. Yitiveka hiku olova hikwalaho ka kuleha ka ti pectoral fin na swicoticoti swayona swo hlawuleka, na kutshama e tshakwini ra lwandle. Yitumbela endzeni ka sava/sandi leswaku yita kota ku dlaya swakudya yi dya. Ya tshikela matandza.

Swakudya

Yidya kwale tshakwini ra lwandfle laha kudyiwaka swihadyana leswipfumalaka rhambu ra laha nhlaneni na hlampfi.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka maxelo yo hambana hambana eka malwandle hinkwawo laha misaveni.

Common species

Leopard flounder - Bothus pantherinus
Peacock flounder - Bothus mancus