Scorpionfish

© Jean Tresfon

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Scorpionfish

Vito rinwana

Stingers, Reef stonefish

Vito ra xi science

Scorpaenopsis

Size

Ku fika eka 40cm, hintolovelo 30cm

Nhlamuselo

Rixaka leri ritiveka swinene hiku titumbeta. Nomo lowukulu wutshame kahle emahlweni ka nhloko. Nhloko yayona yi phambarhalile yitlhela yiva na marhambu yo tiya leswaku yita hlayiseka. Muhlovo wa yona wa hambana kuya hi tindzhawu leti yikumekaka eka tona, ku katsa buraweni, yotshuka, orenji, xitshopani, beige no basa.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa muxaka lowu wa hlampfi wuna tinxakaxaka ta 26. Himinkarhi yinwani yitekiwa onge kova Stonefish. Yikumeka eka mati lawa yanga enta swinene lawa yanga rhaseku laha yikotaka ku titumbeta kahle kona. Yi humesa ti pectoral fins ta yona loko yi chavisiwile Yi khoma valala vayona hikuva yiva mita Kunene. Laha yilumaka kona ka vava swinene kambe aku dlayi. Yitshikela matandza kuva yikurisa rixaka ra yona.

Swakudya

Yidya swihlampfana leswintsongo na swihadyana leswingariki na rhambu rale nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common species:

Devil scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
False stonefish
Centrogenys vaigiensis
Raggy scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis venosa