Crayfish

Igama elijwayelekile

Izikhuphashe

Isidlaliso

ama-Crayfish

Igama lesayensi

Nephropidae

Usayizi

Ungafinyelela ku-60cm, ngokujwayelekile kuba wu-30cm.

Isakhiwo Sazo

Izikhuphashe zinesikhumba esiqinile. Amapheya emilenze ayisihlanu, eminye yemilenze inamazipho. Zinezimpondo ezinde. Amazenga abukeka eqinile, ezinye ziba namathambo acijile. Imibala yazo iba ngomnyama, oluhlaza sasibhakabhaka, ophuzi, ophinki, owolintshi noluhlaza satshani.

Olunye Ulwazi

Umndeni we-nephropidae unezizukulwane eziwu-11 nezinye izinhlobo eziwu-24. Izikhuphashe zitholakala kakhulu ezindaweni ezinamatshe noma ezinesihlabathi, nasezixhotsheni. Izikhuphashe ziyebuza uma zikhula. Ukubona kwazo akukuhle kahle. Uma zethukile, zivele zindize zifingqe izisu. Ezesifazane zikwazi ukugcina imbewu yesilisa ngaphakathi esiswini kuze kube yisikhathi esidingeka ngaso amaqanda ahlala ngaphakathi kwesisu kuze kufike isikhathi sokuchamsela, okuba yizinyanga eziwu-11.

Ukudla

Zidla ufishi, izikhuphashe, imisundu nezinye zezitshalo. Ziphinde zizingele.

Ukusabalala Kwazo

Zitholakala kuzo zonke izilwandle emhlabeni.

Uhlobo Oluvamile

Long-legged spiny lobster - Panulirus longipes
Ornate spiny lobster - Palaemon adspersus
Painter rock lobster - Panulirus versicolor