Prawns

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Vito Rantolovelo ra Xindyangu

Prawns

Vito ra xi Science

Dendrobranchiata

Size

Ku fika eka 30 cm, hintolovelo 12 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wolala lowunga fungenetiwa hi xikhamba laha mirini wa yona. Yiva na timhondzo to leha. Yiva na minwala eka milenge yayona ya 6 (Kasi shrimps yona yina minwala eka milenge ya 4 naswona yintsongo). Tinxaka tinwana tina rostrum leyinga leha yitlhela yitontswa yi hundza na nhloko yayona. Muhlovo wa yona wahambana kusuka eka wotshuka, orenji, xitshopani, ntima, wo basa, na wa pinki. Ntirho wa mihlovo leyi ikuva yikota kuti tumbeta.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wayona wufika eka 7 na tinxakaxaka ta 26. Shrimps natona ti wela eka yinwani ya mindyangu ya yona. Vito ra yona rivula ku “tree gills” Tidya navusiku naswona tikumeka laha kungana sandi/sava e matini. Titshikela matandza kuva ti andzisana.

Swakudya

Yidya detritus na nkuxu.

Kuhangalaka

OYikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common Species

Eastern king prawn - Penaeus plebejus
Plain shrimp - Palamoen adspersus
Night shrimp - Processa sp