Kingfish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Kingfish

Vito rinwana

Travelies, Jacks

Vito ra xi science

Carangidae

Size

Ku fika eka 1,7 m, hintolovelo 70 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wa yona wu larile swinene. Ncila wa yona wufana na foroko. Kasi emakumu ka ncila kularile swinene. Xiphemu xale ndzhaku xa ntshiva wa yona xi endle wonge kova rhambu ra longo. Yitala kuva silivhere hi muhlovo laha yingana mihlovo yohambanahambana na swicoticoti eka ti fins.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukurile ku fika eka 33 an tinxakaxaka ta 140. Totala tikota kuti lavela swakudya naswona ti hlota hi xihatla swinene naswona tikumeka emakumu ka mati ya lwandle. Tinxaka tinwana eka ndyangu lowu tikota kuti celela e saveni tihlotana na swakudya. Titala kuva tifamba himintlawa leyikulu naswona tifamba mpfhuka woleha. Titshikela matandza leswaku tita andzisana.

Swakudya

Hixitalo yi dya hlampfi, minkarhi yinwana yidya ti molluscs na swihadyani leswipfumalaka rhambu rale nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka malwandle ya Atlantic, Indian na Pacific.

Common species

Bigeye kingfish (Caranx sexfasciatus)
Bluefin kingfish (Caranx melampygus)
Giant kingfish (Caranx ignobilis)