Surgeonfish
Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu
Surgeonfish
Vito rinwana
Doctorfish
Vito ra xi science
Acanthurus
Size
Ku fika eka 60 cm, hixitalo 28 cm.
Nhlamuselo
Yina xivumbeko xa oval, miri wolala wutlhela wu goveka lekusuhi na ncila. Yina nomo lowuntsongo. Ti caudal fins tina xivumbeko xa lunate. Ti anal fins ti lehile swinene. Yitlhela yiva na marhambu ya mbirhi eka matlhelo hinkwawo ya ncila lawa yanga tontswa naswona ya kariha swinene, leswi hiswona swinga endla leswaku yikuma vito leri. Yina mihlovo yo vangama swinene na ti pattern to saseka swinene.
Vuxokoxoko
Ndyangu wa yona wa Acanthurus wuna tinxaka xaka to ringana 38. Yikumeka emakorhweni, yidya yiri yoxe kumbe yiri na mintlawa ya tinwana. Yitirhisa marhambu lawa yotontswa yanga ncileni kuva yitisirhelela naswona yina poyizeni. Yikota kuva yi cinca muhlovo wa yona kuya hilaha yidyelaka kona. Yavonikela loko yiri e saveni/sandi kasi ya vangama loko yiri emakorhweni. Yitshikela matandza leswaku yiti andzisa.
Swakudya
Yidya nkuxu, detritus naswinwana swimilani swale matini. Yi hanya hi swimilani.
Kuhangalaka
Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.
Common species
Black surgeonfish - Acanthurus gahhm
Palette surgeonfish - Paracanthurus hepatus
Sohal surgeonfish - Acanthurus sohal