Rabbitfish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Rabbitfish

Vito rinwana

Spinefoot

Vito ra xi science

Siganidae

Size

Ku fika eka 40 cm, hintolovelo 30 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Miri wa yona awulave kuva xirhendzevutani yiva na nomo lowunga humela e handle. Nomo wa kona awukulangi. Ti dorsal fins tilehile kambe ti rihngana na ti spines ta yona. Xivumbeko xa ti caudal fins ixa foroko. Mihlovo ya yona yitala kuva yo basa na xitshopani laha yingana swicoticoti swa buraweni.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wufika eka 2 na tinxakaxaka ta 27. Yivitaniwa Rabbitfish hikuva swifana swinene hi nhompfu. Marhambu ya yona yana poyizeni. Yitala ku kumeka himintlawa eka tindzhawu letingana mati yoka yanga entangi. Yitirhisa matinu yayona kuva yi susa nkuxu emaribyeni. Muhlovo wa yona yikota kuwu cinca leswaku yita kota kutumbelela valala. Yitlharihe swinene nanhlekani naswona yitshikela matandza kuva yi andza.

Swakudya

Yidya nkuxu tani hileswi yidyaka swimilani ntsena.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka ntsena eka malwandle ya Indo-Pacific nale Mediterranean.

Common species

Coral rabbitfish (Siganus corallinus)
Foxface rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus)
Whitespotted rabbitfish (Siganus sutor)