Hawkfish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Hawkfish

Vito ra xi science

Cirrhitidae

Size

Kufika eka 30 cm, hintolovelo 15 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri wo leha lowunga na nhloko na xisuti leswinga kula kuhundza miri hinkwawo. Pectoral fins tibumbule kutlula ta ntolovelo. Yitlhela yiva na makhaxa emakumu ka ti fins ta dorsal. Yina muhlovo wo vonakala swinene kusuka eka wo basa no tshuka kuya eka orenji na buraweni. Tinwana tina swicoticoti namilayeni eka miri wa yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wuna kwalomu ka 9 waswirho na tinxaka ta 32. Yitala kukumeka yiti ndlarile emakumu ka mati yipfule ti pectoral fins kufana na xikhozana. Ti pectoral fins titiyile swinene lero tikota noyi khoma na laha kutikaka. Leyi ya xisati yikota ku cinca yiva ya xinuna laha leti ta xinuna ti faka ngopfu. Yitshikela matandza nayona.

Swakudya

Yidya tihlampfi letintsongo, makheche, ti shrimps naswinwana swihadyani leswintsongo swale matini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka malwandle hinkwawo ya laha misaveni.

Common species

Freckled hawkfish - Paracirrhites forsteri
Longnose hawkfish - Oxycirrhites typus
Horseshoe hawkfish - Paracirrhites arcatus