Garden Eels

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

i-Garden eels

Ezinye kwintsapho

Ukutshatyalaliswa, ukuchithwa, okuqhelekileyo, uLwandle oluBomvu, i-Taylor, i-Zebra

Igama lezesayensi

Heterocongridae

Ubukhulu

Ukufika kwi-70 cm.

Ukukhangeleka

Ukufika kwi-70 cm.

Ukukhangeleka

Umzimba onjenge-nyoka ngaphandle kwezikali. I-Dorsal fin iqhubeka kunye neengqungquthela eziluhlaza. Imivulo encinci. Umlomo omkhulu. Imibala iyahluka ukusuka ekukhanyeni kunye nebala ukuya kwelimnyama. Ezinye banemibala eyi-orange kunye namhlophe.

Inkcazelo Jikelele

I-Heterocongridae yintsapho iqulethe i-2 genera kunye neentlobo eziyi-33. Ifumaneka kumaqela amakhulu kwi-substrate epholileyo. Amagumbi awo angaphezulu aphuma emhlabeni njengezityalo, ngoko ke igama. I-eel nganye ihlala kwindawo yayo. Intlabathi yeendonga ze-burrows zidityanisiwe kwaye nokufihlakala kwintsimbi emsila. Ukuzaliswa, amaqanda aphantsi kwamanzi azungezile.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwiplankton.

Apho zifumaneka khona

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Idiza elimnyama lomyezo - Heteroconger perissodon
Eel garden edibeneyo - Gorgasia kwangaphambili
White-spotted garden eel - Gorgasia maculatus