Tilefish

Igama leentsapho eliqhelekileyo

iTilefish

Igama lezesayensi

Malacanthidae

Ubukhulu

Kuze kube ngu-125 cm, ububanzi be-18 cm.

Ukukhanageleka

Umzimba omeyi-cigig, uthayathele umsila. Amancinci amancinci. Umgca wokugcina. I-spin kwi-cover ye-gill (operculum). Umsila onqabileyo unqunywe ukutyikitya kwezinye iintlobo. I-anal fin ine-spines ezimbili. Imibala ephuzi, emdaka kunye na ngwevu iphezulu.

Inkcukhacha jikelele

Umndeni wakwaMalacanthidae uqulethe izifo ezi-5 kunye neentlobo ezingama-42. Uhlala esantini kwiindawo ezenziwe ngokwabo. Kwakhona kufumaneka kwi-coral rubble. Amehlo abukhali kakhulu. Abanye banokutshintsha umbala kwizinto eziphangaleleyo. Ifunyenwe yedwa okanye ngamaqela amancinci. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwi-zooplankton, ii-crustaceans ezincinci, iimbungu kunye nee-invertebrates.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

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