Pipefish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Pipefish

Vito ra xi science

Syngnathinae

Size

Ku fika eka 60 cm, hintolovelo12 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yi lehile, yilala, yiva na miri wofana swinene niwa nyoka lowungana xinonwana na nhompfu swolala. Yiva na dorsal fin yinwe. Yiva na caudal fin yinwe ya xirhendzevutani. Yitlhela yiva na mintila ya marhambu leyi nga tata miri hinkwawo. Muhlovo wa yona wahambana. Tinxaka tinwana tiva na mihlovo yovangama yiva na ko tshuka, xitshopani na orenji.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wuna swindyangwandyangwani sworingana 23 na tinxakaxaka to fika eka 120. I ndyangu wunwe nati seahorse. Ti dorsal fins titirhisiwa kuva yi famba hitona. Kuva yikhoma swakudya swayona yitirhisa endlelo lero minta Kunene.
Leyi ya xinuna yina xivandla lexi yingana xona emirini wa yona laha kutshikeleriwaka kona matandza, laha yangata tshama kona kufikela ya tlhotlhoriwa. Yanwana ya vhela yata ya helerile kambe yanwana ya teka nkarhi kuva ya fika eka xiyimo lexi yanga helela.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyana hinkwaswo leswi pfumalaka rhambu ra laha nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka to hambana hambana ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common species

Black-breasted pipefish (Corythoichthys nigripectus)
Cleaner pipefish (Doryrhamphus janssi)
Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)