Red Lionfish

© Johan Boshoff

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Lionfish

Vito rinwana

Turkeyfish, Firefish

Vito ra xi science

Pterois

Size

Ku fika eka 50cm, hintolovelo 30cm

Nhlamuselo

Hlampfi leyi yina ti pectoral fins timbirhi letingana xivumbeko xa fan naswona ta tlhava laha ti dorsal fin tifanaka na voya lebyinga rhandzela nhloko ya nghala leswinga endla leswaku yikuma vito leri. Muhlovo wa yona wa hambana kusuka eka maroon na buraweni na milayeni yo basa.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wuna tinxakaxaka ta 9. Mimitwa yayona yina phoyizeni, yoka yinga dlayi Kunene. Yikota kutumbela swinene. Muxaka lowu wa hlampfi awu chavisiwi hi ti divers ematini. Yitala ku kumeka nhloko yayona yilangute ehansi endzeni ka mati hikuva yiva yiri eku hloteni swakudya. Yihlota ngopfu navusiku laha yitirhisaka ti pectoral fins leti pfuriweke kuva yi khoma swakudya swayona.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa yona swikatsa tihlampfi letintsongo, ti shrimps na makheche.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle yohambana hambana ya laha misaveni.

Common species

Broadbarred scorpionfish/Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata)
Lionfish/Devil firefish (Pterois miles)
Radial scorpionfish (Pterois radiata)