Longfins

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra Xindyangu ra Ntolovelo

Longfins

Vito Rinwana

Roundheads, Spiny basslets

Vito ra xi Science

Plesiopidae

Size

Ku fika eka 20 cm, hixitalo 15 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Leyi yi wela eka tinhlampfi tolala swinene, yina matihlo lawa ykulu na nomo wa yona wutano. Dorsal na ti fins tale ndzhaku ti lehile swinene minkarhi yinwana ti lehe kuhundza na ncila wa yona.Yina mihlovo yohambana hambana kufana na wa wasi na buraweni, kasi minkarhi yinwana yiva na swicoticoti swobasa.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wayona wuna 11 wa swirho kasi wutlhela wuva na tinxakaxaka ta 38. Yikota ku tumbela emabakweni nale makorhweni exikarhi ka siku. Tinwani tiva na tihlo ra vuxisi ehenhla ka dorsal fin leswaku yita bayizisa valala va yona.Yina ntolovelo waku nghenisa nhloko e bakwini kuri ndlela yayona yo titumbeta. Yitala ku voniwa yiri yoxe le makumu ka mati. Yitshikela matandza kuva yiti andzisa.

Swakudya

Yidya swihlampfani leswintsongo na swihadyani leswintsongo swale matini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya misava.

Common Species

Comet - Calloplesiops altivelis
Bluegill longfin - Plesiops corallicola
Whitespotted longfin - Plesiops nigricanas