Ribbon Eels

Vito Rantolovelo ra Xindyangu

Ribbon eels

Tinwana Endyangwini

Leopard, Green, Starry, Black cheek, Guinea fowl, Moray eel

Vito ra xi Science

Muraenidae

Size

Ku fika eka 3 m

Nhlamuselo

Miri wa yona wubumburile swinene, yiva na timayisele. Nomo wa yona wuva na matinu yo tontswa lawa yanga languta endzhaku. Miri wa yona awuna magwaru kumbe ti pectoral fins. Ti dorsal fins tisungula laha endzhaku ka nhloko tifamba kukondza tiya fika eka tail na anal fin. Mihlovo wa tona wahambana hambana kusuka eka ntima loko ya ha kula, kuya eka ya xitshopani xo vangama loko yiri ya xinuna kuya eka xitshopani loko yiri ya xisati.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wufika kwalomu ka 15 na tinxakaxaka to ringana 200. Yi hatla yitiviwa hikwalaho ka tinhompfu ta yona letinga enhlokweni. Yihefemula hikuva yi pfula nomo. Letintsongo ita ntima himuhlovo kambe loko se tikurile ticinca tiva ta wasi na xitshopani. Loko tiya tikula ti cinca rimbewu kusuka eka xisati kuya eka xinuna. Na muhlovo wu cincisa sweswo wuya eka xitshopani. Yikota kuva yitumbela esaveni/sandi na laha kungana malakatsa. Kuva yi andza yitshikela matandza lawa ya tshikeleriwaka eka mati lawa yanga kwala kusuhi na laha yitshamaka kona.

Swakudya

Yidya swihlampfana leswintsongo.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka malwandle ya Indian na Pacific.

Common Species

Juvenile (black)
Rhinomuraea quaesita
Male (blue and yellow)
Rhinomuraea quaesita
Terminal male (yellow and black)
Rhinomuraea quaesita