ʻO ka iʻa barruda, ʻIke ʻia a makaʻu hoʻi no ka nui a me ka hiehie o kona helehelena, ʻo ia ka protagonist o kēia ʻatikala. He iʻa wai paʻakai ia, e like me ka Iʻa pau, pili i ka genus Sphyreaena. Makemake ʻo ia e lilo i hoʻokahi wale nō no ka ʻohana Sphyraenidae. Kona inoa ʻepekema ʻo ʻO Sphyreaena barracuda.
I kēia ʻatikala e wehewehe ana mākou i kāna mau ʻano, ke ʻano o ke ola, ka hānai ʻana a me ka hana hou ʻana. Lana koʻu manaʻo ua hoihoi ʻoe a makemake e ʻike hou e pili ana i ka iʻa barracuda.
Nā kuhikuhi nui
ʻIke ʻia kēia ʻano e ka inoa o ka nunui barracuda ma muli o ka nui. Noho ia i nā moana tropical a subtropical a puni ka honua. Hiki iā ia ke noho i nā wai mehana a mehana a loaʻa pū ia i loko o nā mangrove a me nā ʻākoʻo hohonu me ka palena o 110 mika.
He iʻa nui lākou kēlā Ma kahi o ka mika ka lōʻihi o lākou a kaupaona ma waena o 2,5 a me 9 kg. Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona nui loa e kaupaona ana ma mua o 23 kg a hiki ke ana i ʻelima mau kapuaʻi. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu iā ia he uliuli hina no kona ʻaoʻao luna. Ma ka lalo he keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a keʻokeʻo ia.
Hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i nā lālani pouli i ke ala transversal me nā kiko ʻeleʻele ma nā ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa. He kala kona ʻano i ka lua o ka fin fin a me ka fin a me nā lau caudal a ʻo ia ka lauwili ma waena o ka poni ʻeleʻele i ka ʻeleʻele a me nā ʻōlelo keʻokeʻo.
ʻO ka maʻa maʻamau he iʻa mehameha ke hiki i ka wā makua. Ke hiki mai ka pō, hele auwana wale lākou ma hope o ka lā paʻakikī. Eia nō naʻe, i ka lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pehea e aʻo ai ka poʻe mākua i ka ʻōpio e ʻimi i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe a aʻo e pale iā lākou iho i ka predation.
He iʻa lākou kēlā hoʻouka pinepine i nā mea ʻimi e hōʻino nui ana. Inā lākou e noʻonoʻo i ia mea, hiki iā lākou ke luku koke a luku i nā laha a me nā kikoʻī ma mua o ka ʻai. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā kumu he iʻa makaʻu loa ia, ʻaʻole wale no kona helehelena, akā no kāna ʻano. I kekahi manawa ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻouka kaua ke ʻole lākou e hoʻouka kaua ʻia.
Nā meaʻai a me nā maʻamau
He iʻa hiki ke predating i nā laha ʻē aʻe me ka ferocity a me ka wikiwiki. Hoʻohana lākou i ke kahaha ma ke ʻano he mea kaua. He laha kūpono kūpono ia e hoʻohana pono ai i kekahi mau manawa nāwaliwali e hōʻike i ke ʻano. Ke nānā lākou i ka mea pio, lele lākou i luna ke kumu o ka hehi ʻana a i 43 km i kēlā me kēia hola o ka wikiwiki. Hoʻonui kēia maneuver i kāu pākēneka i hopu ʻia i ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe.
Ke makua lākou, hana wale ʻia kēia predation. Akā he ʻōpio, hui pinepine kekahi o lākou e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻana i ka mea pio a hoʻonui i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ke aʻo ʻana.
ʻAi nui lākou i nā iʻa ʻē aʻe o ka like a liʻiliʻi paha ma mua o lākou iho. I kekahi manawa hiki ke ʻike ʻia e alualu ana i nā mea nui aʻe. I mea e hana ai pēlā, haehae lākou i nā ʻāpana o ka ʻiʻo i ka wā e hoʻonāwaliwali ai lākou i ka mea pio. He hoʻokūkū maoli lākou a ʻike ʻia i ka hoʻokūkū ʻana me nā laha e like me ka tuna, iʻa nila a me nā dolphins hoʻi.
Ma waena o nā ʻano iʻa like ʻole a ka iʻa barracuda e hānai ai, loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe hui pū, nā snapers, nā tuna liʻiliʻi, pōpoki, anchovies, herring a me ka mullet ʻulaʻula. I nā mea āpau nahu iā lākou i ka hapalua e hoʻonāwaliwali loa iā lākou mai ka hoʻomaka o ka ʻimi holoholona. Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi e ʻai ana i kahi mea pio liʻiliʻi e hoʻohana ai ia e like me ka sporadic meaʻai ke hele i mua.
Ma muli o kona mākaukau lawaiʻa nui a me ka hiki ke ʻimi holoholona, aia kekahi mau mea ʻaihue kūlohelohe i loaʻa i ka iʻa barracuda. ʻO kēlā mau mea i hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia he poʻe hōkai lākou nā Mano keʻokeʻo, kohola kohola a me kānaka, hopu mākou iā ia e ʻai.
Hoʻopili
E ʻike e pili ana i nā kikoʻī kope. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻaʻole ʻike nui ʻia ka manawa a me kahi e hana ai ka wā hānau. Manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia i ka wā puna ke kiʻekiʻe ke ana wela, ʻoiai manaʻo ka poʻe ʻē aʻe hiki iā lākou ke hana pēlā i kēlā me kēia makahiki, koe wale no nā mahina hoʻoilo anuanu.
ʻAʻole like paha nā hiʻohiʻona spawning ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua kahi i loaʻa ai. ʻO ka mea i ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole ia he laha e pono e pale i nā hua a hiki i ka pā ʻana, akā haʻalele lākou iā lākou, kahi a lākou e kū ai a hiki i ka pā ʻana. ʻO ka maʻamau, inā lākou e ulu ma kahi kokoke i nā estuaries kahi e haʻahaʻa ai ka wai, nā larva e kū mai nā hua hele lākou i nā wahi me nā wahi papau a me nā nāhelehele e manaʻo ai pale ʻia.
Ma 80mm wale nō ka lōʻihi, hoʻomaka ka ʻohana e neʻe i loko o ka wai hohonu. 300 mm ke anawaena ke mālama lākou e neʻe i ka wai ākea a iā lākou he 500 mm e neʻe lākou i ke kai, e neʻe loa mai nā estuaries.
ʻO ka iʻa Barracuda a me nā kānaka
Ua like ka kaulana o ka barracudas me ka manō. Weliweli lākou no nā mea ʻimi a me nā ʻauʻau kai kokoke i ke kapakai. Ma ka loaʻa ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano scavenging, hiki ke huikau nā mea like ʻē, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei he poʻe hōʻaiʻē nui aʻe lākou a hāhai iā lākou e ʻai i ke koena o ka mea pio a lākou e paʻa ai.
He kākaʻikahi wale nō ia, akā aia kekahi mau hihia ma hea ua hōʻike nā ʻauʻauʻau i ka nahu ʻia e nā barracudas. ʻO ka maʻamau maʻamau kēia mau hoʻouka ma muli o ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻole i ka wai a me ka huikau o kēia mau iʻa me nā mea ʻino nui aʻe.
Hōʻalo i ka hoʻopā ʻana me kou mau lima a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hopu i kahi barracuda no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke haehae i kou ʻili a haehae iā ia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole makemake kēia iʻa i ke kanaka me he meaʻai lā. Inā mākou e hoʻāʻo e hopu iā ia, e manaʻo ia he mea pio ia e hoʻāʻo ana e pakele a i ʻole outwit iā ia a e pau ka nahu iā ʻoe.
Hoʻohana ʻia ia e nā ʻApelika no nā sopa a me nā mea ʻono a puhi lākou iā ia e pale aku iā ia a hāʻawi i kahi ʻono maikaʻi aʻe.
Lana koʻu manaʻo ua kōkua kēia ʻatikala iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ka iʻa barracuda.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe