Tilefish

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Tilefish

Vito ra xi science

Malacanthidae

Size

Ku fika eka 125 cm, hintolovelo 18 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina xivumbeko xa Cigar, laha yifikaka yi goveka encileni. Yiva na xinhlokwana xa xirhendzevutani. Yiva na ti dorsal fin to leha. Yiva na swirhambyani eka ti gills(operculum). Ti fins tale ncileni tikomile swinene tiva na xivumbeko xa foroko eka tinxaka tinwana. Ti fins tale ncileni tina marhambui yambirhi. Muhlovo wa yona wuna masalela ya xitshopani, buraweni na mpunwa.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wa Malacanthidae wuna swirho swa 5 na tinxakaxaka ta 42. Yihanya enkeleni lowu yiwu celaka esaveni. Yikota no hanya kahle laha kungana malakatsa ya swimilani swale matini. Matihlo ya yona ya vona kahle swinene. Tinwana tikota no cinca muhlovo kuva titumbelela valala vatona. Yitala kukumeka yoxe kumbe yiri eka mintlawa leyintsongo. Yitshikela matandza kuva yiti andzisa.

Swakudya

Yidya swihadyani leswi nga fa swibolaka laha endzeni ka mati, ti crustaceans letintsongo, swivungu na swihadyani leswi pfumalaka rhambu rale nhlaneni.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common species

Red-stripe tilefish - Hoplolatilus marcosi
Sand tilefish - Malacanthus latovittatus
Stripetail tilefish - Malacanthus brevirostris