Moray Eels

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra Ntolovelo ra Xindyangu

Moray eels

Tinwana ta Ndyangu

Leopard, Green, Starry, Black cheek, Guinea fowl, Black blotched, Golden, Zebra

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Muraenidae

Size

Kufika eka 4m

Nhlamuselo

Miri wa yona I wuntsongo swinene, yiva na timayisele. Nomo lowukulu lowungana matinu yotontswa lawa yanga languta endzhaku. Ayina magwaru kumbe ti pectoral fins. Ti dorsalk fins tisungula laha endzhaku ka nhloko ti famba kukondza tiya fika encileni. Mihlovo yayona ya hambana kusuka eka wo basa kuya eka wantima laha hintolovelo yingana swicoticoti.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule ku fika eka 15 na tinxakaxaka to fika 200. Yikumeka emabakwini nale makorhweni. Yi hlota navusiku himinkarhi yotala. Yikota ngopfu ku nuhetela. Yina tihlaya ta mune laha letinwani tivitaniwaka pharyngeal jaws,leti nga tshama hilaha nkolweni leti pfunetaka swinene kuva ti khoma swakudya nakuva yikota ku mita. Rixaka rinwani ra tona rikota kuhumesa mati lawa yangana nghozi swinene kusuka eka nhlonge ya yona. Muxaka lowu wukota ku hatla wu chela poyizeni hikuva kuna leyi humaka hile matinwini yayona. Yitshikela matandza kuva yi ti andzisa.

Swakudya

Yidya makheche, shrimps, fish nati octopus.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common Species

Giant moray eel
Gymnothorax javanicus
Honeycomb moray eel
Gymnothorax favagineus
Geometric moray eel
Siderea grisea