Scorpionfish
I-Scorpionfish

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Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

I-Scorpionfish

Alias

I-Stingers, i-Reef stonefish

Igama lezesayensi

I-Scorpaenopsis

Ubukhulu

Ukufika ku-40cm, umyinge we-30cm

Ukukhangeleka

Ziye zachongwa ngokuxhamla kwazo. Umlomo omkhulu phambi kwentloko. Intloko ifakelwe ngamacwecwe anamathambo ukuzikhusela. Imibala iyahluka ngokusingqongileyo, kubandakanya obomvu, obomvu, i-orange, i-yellow, beige kunye nomhlophe.

Inkcukacha jikelele

I-Scorpaenopsis i-genus ineentlobo eziyi-26. Ngamanye amaxesha uphoswa nge-Stonefish. Kufunyenwe kwimifudlana ye-coral, iqhutywe kwaye ihleli kakhulu. Ikhanyisa iifomal zayo zangaphakathi xa ziphazamiseka. Ibamba amaxhoba ngokuwasela emilonyeni yabo. Ukuba iyakuluma ingaba buhlungu kakhulu, kodwa ingabi yingozi. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwiintlanzi ezincinci kunye nee-invertebra
tes.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo:

Scorpionfish kaMtyholi
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
I-fishfish yamanga
Centrogenys vaigiensis
Raggy scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis venosa