Squirrelfish

© Johan Boshoff

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

i-Squirrelfish

Igama lezesayensi

Myripristinae

Ukulinganisa

Ukufika ku-50 cm, ububanzi be-18 cm.

Ukukhangeleka

Umzimba ongezantsi, ojolise umlo ophethe izikali zombala ezimbini ezibukhali. Imisila ejulile. Amehlo amakhulu kunye neempumlo ephilileyo. Ngokuqhelekileyo obomvu kumbala kunye nemigca ekhanyayo emzimbeni.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Intsapho yaseMyripristinae inezintlu eziyi-8 kunye neentlobo eziyi-84. Usapho lwe Soldierfish. Kufunyenwe ngaphezu kwemifudlana emini okanye ukufihla kwimigodi kunye naphantsi kweekhonkco. Ukuzonda kakhulu ebusuku. Ukukhetha indawo kunye nemigudu enamandla. Abanye banomkhuhlane kufuphi nomnyango wegill ongabangela isilonda esibuhlungu. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwi-plankton enkulu efana ne-crustacean plankton larvae.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Squirrelfish - Sargocentron diadema
Saber squirrelfish - Sargocentron spiniferum
Tailspot squirrelfish - Sargocentron caudimaculatum