Booposoidea nau'in kifi ne na musamman na teku wanda aka yi da hasken rana wanda dangin Sparidae, seabreams da porgies suka samar. Nau'in da ke cikin wannan nau'in shine Boopsoidea inornata, Fransmadam ko Karel grootoog, wanda ke da yawa a kudu maso yammacin Tekun Indiya a gefen Afirka ta Kudu.
Tsarin Haraji
An fara gabatar da Booposoidea a matsayin nau'in halitta a shekarar 1861 ta hannun masanin kimiyyar halitta na Faransa François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau lokacin da ya bayyana nau'in halittarsa guda ɗaya, B. inornata. Castelnau ya ba da nau'in wurin B. inornata a matsayin Kalk Bay da Algoa Bay a Afirka ta Kudu. An sanya wannan nau'in a cikin dangin Sparidae a cikin tsarin Spariformes ta bugu na 5 na Fishes of the World. Wasu hukumomi sun rarraba wannan nau'in a cikin ƙaramin iyali na Pagellinae, amma bugu na 5 na Fishes of the World bai san ƙananan iyalai a cikin Sparidae ba.
Asalin Ma'anar
Boopsoidea yana nufin "samun siffar Boops." Castelnau ya bayyana wannan taxon a matsayin yana da siffar gaba ɗaya kamar ta bogi. Sunan musamman inornata yana nufin "ba a yi masa ado ba" kuma alama ce ta Castelnau bai yi bayani ba amma yana iya nufin rashin tabo da ratsi a kan wannan kifi.
Rarrabawa
Booposoidea tana da yawan jama'a a Tekun Indiya da ke kudu maso yammacin gabar tekun Afirka ta Kudu tsakanin Kalk Bay a gabar gabashin Cape Peninsula zuwa Aliwal Shoal a KwaZulu-Natal.
Bayani
Kifi mai zurfin jiki mai kai mai kaifi da manyan idanu. Launin jikinsa na manya daga tagulla zuwa azurfa yana da gefen duhu na musamman a cikin murfin gill. Ƙananan yara suna da launin ja mai launin ruwan kasa, suna shuɗewa tare da girma zuwa launin azurfa tare da fin-fin orange zuwa rawaya. Tsawonsa har zuwa 30 cm, kuma nauyin ba kasafai yake wuce 0.4 ba kg.
Ganewar cututtuka
Zurfin tsayin 2 zuwa 2.3. Fishin ƙarshen baya mai kashin baya 11, haskoki 10 zuwa 11. Fishin ƙarshen dubura yana da haskoki 11. Fishin ƙarshen baya yana da haskoki 15 zuwa 16, kuma sun fi tsayi fiye da kan. Layin gefe yana da sikelin da aka fi gani daga 56 zuwa 65.
Mazauni
Yawancin lokaci akan duwatsu masu zurfi a zurfin kusan 5 zuwa 35 m. B. inornata yana da dukkan abubuwan da ke cikinsa, kuma yana fifita ƙananan abincin da ke zaune a cikin yashi da kuma teku. Yawan algae da ƙananan kifaye ƙanana ne. Manya suna cin tunicates, tsutsotsi masu yawan polychaete, crustaceans (amphipods, decapods, isopods da mysids), molluscs, bryozoans, plankton da seaweeds don ƙirƙirar ƙwayoyin halittar dabbobinsu. Yanayin zafin da aka fi so shine 17.6 - 27.5 °C.
Zagayen rayuwa
Boopsoidea inornata wani nau'in hermaphrodite ne na asali. Nau'i ne da ke rayuwa tsawon lokaci, yana da yawan mata da yawa, kuma yana zaune a wurin. Mata suna haihu a duk shekara, amma galibi a lokacin bazara. Ƙwai suna da laushi kuma an same su a cikin ruwan da ke cikin Tsitskamma National Park. Mata suna girma a shekara ta 178 mm FL, idan aka kwatanta da 185 mm FL ga maza. Manyan kifaye kamar ja steenbras da kob sun riga su. An san cewa ƙwayoyin cuta goma sha tara suna kamuwa da B. inornata kuma sun haɗa da misalan myxozoan, monogenean, digenean, cestode, nematode, copepod da isopod. ga ɗan adam
Boopsoidea inornata galibi wani ɓangare ne na kama kwale-kwalen tsere na nishaɗi da na kasuwanci a kudu maso gabas da kudu maso yammacin Cape. Yawanci ana amfani da shi azaman koto ga manyan kifayen farauta, amma kuma ana amfani da shi don abinci lokacin da manyan nau'ikan kifayen teku suka ƙare. Hakanan galibi masunta na bakin teku suna kama shi a Gabashin Cape da Yammacin Cape.
