Grunts
Iiglasi

© Johan Boshoff

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

Iiglasi / i-Rubberlips

Igama lezesayensi

Haemulidae

Ukulinganisa

Ukufika kwi-90 cm, umyinge we-30 cm

Ukukhangeleka

Intloko enkulu kunye ne-torso, ichukumisa ukuya emsila onihlanjwe. Izindebe zikhulu kwaye zichaneke ngakumbi. Imibala iyahluka kwi siliva-ngwevu ephuzi kunye nemigca eluhlaza.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Iintsapho zeHaemulidae ziqulethe izilwanyana eziyi-17 kunye nezilwanyana eziyi-150. Igama eliqhelekileyo lithathwe kwingxolo eyenziwe ngokugaya amazinyo aphezulu naphantsi. Kufunyenwe kwi-midwater kwizikolo ezinkulu. Uninzi lwabazingeli bamnyama. Kwakhona kufumaneka kwii-estuaries. Amaxhoba atholakala ngokhula, ngamanye amaxesha adibana kunye nokunyakaza okungaxelwanga. Uhlobo lweentlanga zamatyala luhluke kakhulu kubantu abadala. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwii-invertebrates ezine-benthic ezinjenge-shrimps, oononkala kunye neepompo.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Harlequin sweetlips - Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
ZaseMpumalanga - Plectorhinchus vittatus
Rubberlips ezimhlophe - Plectorhinchus playfairi