Horsefish

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Horsefish

Vito rinwana

Pigfish, Racehorses

Vito ra xi science

Congiopodidae

Size

Ku fika eka 75 cm, hintolovelo 35 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri lowuntsongo na nhompfu yo leha. Yina xivumbeko xa baku kusuka ehenhla ka nhloko kuya eka nhompfu. Ayina magwaru. Mihlovo ya ntolovelo leyinga na swicoticoti yifanana na wobasa, beige, buraweni na ntima.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wufika eka 4 na 9 wa tinxakanxaka. Yiwela eka rixaka ra Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfish). Yidya no hlota swakudya le hansi swinene ka mati. Yikota ngopfu kutumbela. Yitala kukumeka swinene laha kungana swimilani swale matini. Yikumeka laha kunga enta 500m kuya e hansi. Tinxaka tinwana tikumeke tikarhi titshama tani hi swikokovi. Yitshikela matandza.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswintsongo leswi pfumalaka rhambu rale nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka swinene e dzongeni laha kungana mati yo tenga.

Common species

Spinenose horsefish - Congiodopus spinifer
Smooth horsefish - Congiopodus torvus