Tembo (samaki)

Tembo
Tembo milia-hanamu (Pristipomoides zonatus)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Actinopterygii (Samaki walio na mapezi yenye tindi) Oda: Acanthuriformes (Samaki kama janja) Familia: Lutjanidae (Samaki wanaofanana na janja) Gill, 1861
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 6; spishi 27, 10 katika Afrika ya Mashariki: Aphareus (G. Cuvier, 1870) A. furca Lacépède, 1801 A. rutilans G. Cuvier, 1830 Aprion Valenciennes, 1830 A. virescens Valenciennes, 1830 Macolor Bleeker, 1860 M. macularis Fowler, 1931 M. niger (Forsskål, 1775) Paracaesio Bleeker, 1875 P. brevidentata W.T. White & Last, 2012 P. caerulea (Katayama, 1934) P. gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 P. kusakarii T. Abe, 1960 P. paragrapsimodon W.D. Anderson & Kailola, 1992 P. sordida T. Abe & Shinohara, 1962 P. stonei U. Raj & Seeto, 1963 P. waltervadi W.D. Anderson & Collette, 1992 P. xanthura Bleeker, 1869 Pinjalo Bleeker, 1873 P. pinjalo (Bleeker, 1850) Pristipomoides Bleeker, 1852 P. amoenus Snyder, 1911 P. aquilonaris (Goode & T.H. Bean, 1896) P. argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832) P. auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927) P. filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) P. flavipinnis Shinohara, 1963 P. freemani W.D. Anderson, 1966 P. macrophthalmus (J.P. Müller & Franz Hermann TroschelTroschel, 1848) P. multidens (F. Day, 1871) P. sieboldii (Bleeker, 1855) P. typus (Bleeker, 1852) P. zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Tembo ni samaki wa baharini wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Lutjanidae ya oda Acanthuriformes katika ngeli Actinopterygii walio maarufu kwa matumizi. Wanatokea kwa kawaida katika maji ya kitropiki na kinusutropiki ya Bahari za Hindi na Pasifiki kwenye miamba ya matumbawe mpaka vina vya m 500. Hula samaki wengine, gegereka, ngisi na wanyama-koti.

Jenasi hizi ina spishi 27 duniani kote. Spishi 10 zimeriportiwa kutoka Afrika ya Mashariki.

Spishi za Afrika ya Mashariki

• Aphareus furca, Tembo meno-madogo (Small-toothed jobfis)
• Aphareus rutilans, Tembo kutu (Rusty jobfish)
• Aprion virescens, Tembo kijani (Green jobfish)
• Macolor niger, Tembo kitubaku (Black-and-white snapper)
• Paracaesio xanthura, Tembo mkia-njano (Yellowtail blue snapper)
• Pinjalo pinjalo, Tembo pinjalo (Pinjalo snapper)
• Pristipomoides filamentosus, Tembo mwekundu (Crimson jobfish)
• Pristipomoides sieboldii, Tembo urujuani (Lavender jobfish)
• Pristipomoides typus, Tembo meno-makali (Sharptooth jobfish)
• Pristipomoides zonatus, Tembo milia-hanamu (Oblique-banded jobfish)

Picha

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  Tembo meno-madogo
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  Tembo kutu
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  Tembo kijani
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  Tembo kitubaku
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  Tembo mkia-njano
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  Tembo pinjalo
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  Tembo mwekundu