Puju

Puju
Puju madoadoa (Naso brevirostris)
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: Perciformes (Samaki kama ngege) Familia: Acanthuridae (Samaki walio na nasaba na kangaja) Bonaparte, 1832 Jenasi: Naso Lacépède, 1801 Spishi: Spishi 20: N. annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) N. brachycentron )Valenciennes, 1835) N. brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) N. caeruleacauda Randall, 1994 N. casesius Randall & Bell, 1992 N. elegans (Rüppell, 1829 N. fageni Morrow, 1954 N. hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) N. lituratus (J.R. Forster, 1801) N. lopezi Herre, 1927 N. maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981 N. mcdadei J.W. Johnson, 2002 N. minor (J.L.B. Smith, 1966) N. reticulatus Randall, 2001 N. tergus H.-C. Ho, K.-N. Shen & C.-W. Chang, 2011 N. thynnoides (Cuvier, 1829) N. tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) N. tuberosus Lacépède, 1801 N. unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) N. vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835)

Puju au puju pembe ni samaki wa baharini wa jenasi Naso katika familia Acanthuridae wa oda Perciformes. Kama ndugu wao kangaja wana jozi za miiba kwa umbo la vijembe kwenye kila upande wa msingi wa mkia. Lakini rangi zao si kali kama zile za kangaja. Spishi fulani huitwa karanzaga au sange pia.

Maelezo

Spishi kadhaa za puju zina kivimbe kirefu kwenye paji. Kwa wengine hufanana na kangaja lakini huwa ni wakubwa zaidi. Puju mkia-ncha-nyeupe anaweza kufika urefu wa m moja. Wana jozi moja, mbili au tatu za vijembe. Hula miani kwenye miamba ya matumbawe.

Uvuvi

Puju hupendwa na wavuvi kwa mkuki na kwa kawaida hubanikwa wazima.

Spishi za Afrika

• Naso annulatus, Puju Mkia-ncha-nyeupe (Whitemargin unicornfish)
• Naso brachycentron, Puju Kibyongo (Humpback unicornfish)
• Naso brevirostris, Puju Madoadoa (Spotted unicornfish)
• Naso elegans, Puju Maridadi (Elegant unicornfish)
• Naso fageni, Puju Uso-farasi (Horseface unicornfish)
• Naso hexacanthus, Puju Ulimi-mweusi au Karanzaga (Sleek unicornfish)
• Naso mcdadei, Puju Pua-mraba (Squarenose unicornfish)
• Naso minor, Puju Mdogo (Blackspine unicornfish)
• Naso thynnoides, Puju Vijembe-viwili (Oneknife unicornfish)
• Naso tonganus, Puju Pua-tunguu (Bulbnose unicornfish)
• Naso unicornis, Puju Mgongo-buluu au Sange (Bluespine unicornfish)
• Naso vlamingii, Puju Pua-kubwa (Bignose unicornfish)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Naso caeruleacauda (Bluetail unicornfish)
• Naso caesius (Grey unicornfish)
• Naso lituratus (Orangespine unicornfish)
• Naso lopezi (Elongated unicornfish)
• Naso maculatus (Spotted unicornfish)
• Naso reticulatus (Reticulated unicornfish)
• Naso tergus (Taiwan unicornfish)
• Naso tuberosus (Humpnose unicornfish)

Picha

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  Puju mkia-ncha-nyeupe
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  Puju kibyongo
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  Puju maridadi
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  Puju ulimi-mweusi
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  Puju vijembe-viwili
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  Puju pua-tunguu
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  Puju mgongo-buluu
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  Puju pua-kubwa

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  Grey unicornfish
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  Orangespine unicornfish
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  Elongated unicornfish
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  Reticulated unicornfish
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  Humpnose unicornfish

Marejeo

• Rashid Anam & Edoardo Mostarda (2012) Field identification guide for the living marine resources of Kenya. FAO, Rome.
• Gabriella Bianchi (1985) Field guide to the commercial marine brackish-water species of Tanzania. FAO, Rome.

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