Goatfish

© Johan Boshoff

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Goatfish

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Mullidae

Size

Ku fika eka 60 cm, ahintolovelo 35 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri woleha, yiva naphere ya timhondzo nyana laha tlhelo ka nomo. Yiva na fin ya xivumbeko xa foroko, magwaru lamakulu kasi ti dorsal fins ti hambanyisiwe kahle. Muhlovo wa yona wa hambana kusuka eka silivhere na ntima kuya eka xitshopani yo hatimela swinene.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule kufika eka 6 na tinxaka ta 55. Yidya le hansi swinene eka mati ya lwandle. Yitirhisa swimhondzwani swayona kuva yilava swakudya e sandini. Yikota nova yikoka leti ta xisati loko yiri eka courtship. Yikumeka eka swintlawani leswintsongo loko yiri ku hloteni ka swakudya. Minkarhi yinwana yilandzeleriwa hi tinhlampfi leti nga koteku ku hlota. Ya tshikela matandza.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswintsongo swale matini na leswi swihanyaka eka swimilani swale matini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka maxelo hinkwawo nale malwandle hinkwawo ya laha misaveni.

Common species

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