Leaf Scorpionfish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Leaf scorpionfish

Vito rinwanis

Paperfish

Vito ra xi science

Taenianotus

Size

Kufika eka 10 cm, hintolovelo 8 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wo phambarhala na nhloko leyintsongo. Ti dorsal fin leti yimeleke e henhla leti sungulaka ehenhla ka tihlo kutani ti famba kuya fikela laha ti hlanganaka nati caudal fin. Muhlovo ya hambana kusukela eka mottled yiva na tan, xitshopani, cream, yotshuka, buraweni na ntima.

Vuxokoxoko

Muxaka lowu wa taenianotus wuna ndyangu rixaka rinwe ntsena. Swa tika swinene kuyi vona hikokwalaho ka mihlovo yaku titumbeta. Yitshama hiku tirhisa ti dorsal fins laha kungana swimilani kumbe emaribyeni kutani yi famba e matini, laha yilangutekaka onge i xiphephani. Hi minkarhi ya dzuvula eka nhlonge yayona. Yi hlasela valala. Yitshikela matandza kuva yiti andzisa

Swakudya

Yidya tinhlampfi letintsongo xikanwe nati crustaceans, shrimps namakheche.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka nale ka malwandle ya misava.

Common species

Paperfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)