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Foxface rabbitfish

Siganus vulpinus
Ku linnya: The specific name vulpinus means "fox-like", probably referring to its pointed snout.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Katono ku buli kimu
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The foxface rabbitfish is a vivid yellow reef fish with a black stripe running through its eye. It lives in lagoons and reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its fin spines hold venom, so it is one to watch carefully on the reef.1

Kibeera mu
Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Indonesia to the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, north to Taiwan, south to New Caledonia and Australia1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino
Awaka
It lives in lagoons and seaward reefs where corals grow richly. It has been recorded as deep as 30 m. In Australia it is found on northern and offshore reefs of Western Australia and on the Queensland coast from the northern Great Barrier Reef to the Capricorn Islands.1
Obuwanvu
25 cm (9,8 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats mostly algae and zooplankton. Juveniles and subadults feed on algae growing on the bases of Acropora corals.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Foxface rabbitfish
Foxface rabbitfish. Ekifaananyi: Andreas März. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Its main colour is vivid yellow, with white on the head and the front part of the body.1
  • A black band runs from the mouth, through the eye, to the start of the dorsal fin.1
  • A black area on the breast runs upwards, tapering, to just above the base of the pectoral fin.1
  • It has a compressed body, a steep head profile, a tubular snout and a weakly forked tail.1
  • Adults are usually seen alone or in pairs, often near branching Acropora corals.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus) can be confused with it. The blotched foxface has a large black spot below the soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, which the foxface rabbitfish lacks.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its fin spines hold venom glands, so the venom is delivered through the spines. A study of a related rabbitfish found that its venom was similar to the venom of stonefishes.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened, it can camouflage itself by quickly changing colour to a dark brown.1

Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita

  • Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Amaggwa gaayo bwe gakufumita: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Foxface rabbitfish kiwanvu nga 25 cm (9,8 in)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 8 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 36

Foxface rabbitfish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

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It can change from bright yellow to dark brown in a moment when it feels threatened.1

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Young fish sometimes form large schools that graze on algae at the bases of corals.1

3

It is kept in the aquarium trade and is sometimes caught in mixed reef fish catches by spearfishing.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Siganus vulpinus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Siganidae2
Ensengeka
Acanthuriformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Foxface rabbitfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus vulpinus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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