Needlefish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra Ntolovelo ra Xindyangu

Needlefish

Vito Rinwana

Houndfish, Halfbeaks

Vito ra xi Science

Belonidae

Size

Ku fika eka 95 cm, hintolovelo 30 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yilehile yiva na xivumbeko xa cigar na nhloko yo tontswa. Yiva na tihlaya tikulu xikanwe na switinwani leswingana xivumbeko xa nereta. Ti fins ta yona hinkwato titshame lendzhaku kuya emakumu ka miri wa yona. Yi hava fi fins eka longo ra yona. Muhlovo wa yona iwa silivhere kuya eka ku basa na wasi, yiva yantima na rihlaza laha henhla ka yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule kuya fika eka 10 na tinxaka ta 34. Yikumeka e tshakwini swinene ra lwandle. Muhlovo wa yona wu endla leswaku yikota no tumbela kahle. Yikota kutumbela kahle loko yi chavisiwile. Nomo wa le henhla wuleha swinene loko yiri karhi yi kula. Yivonaka yiri yintsongo loko yaha kula. Yitshikela matandza lawa ya khomanisiwaka na swilo leswi papamalaka e matini.

Swakudya

Yidya switsotswana leswinga fa swibolaka loko yahari leyintsongo na swihlampfana leswintsongo xikanwe na switsotswana hinkwaswo swale matini loko yirikarhi yi kula.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya misava hinkwayo.

Common Species

Tropical halfbeak - Tylosurus crocodilus