Aia he mau miliona o nā iʻa i ke kai a me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka ʻauʻau ʻana. Aia kekahi poʻe ʻike ʻole i ka ʻauʻau maikaʻi ʻana, ʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e ʻauʻau i ke ʻano ʻano ʻē a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe he hikiwawe loa ka wikiwiki. I kēia lā e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kahi iʻa nona ka helehelena kupaianaha maoli. E pili ana i ka iʻa pea. Me kona fin dorsal kūikawā me nā ana nui, hiki i kēia iʻa ke ʻauʻau wikiwiki loa i ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna mea pio a i ʻole ka holo ʻana mai kāna mau mea ʻino.
Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea āpau e pili ana i kēia iʻa, e heluhelu mau 🙂
Nā ʻano holo kai
ʻO ka lawaiʻa, me kahi inoa ʻepekema Nā albicans Istiophorus, i ʻike ʻia no ka manawa mua ma 1792 a ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻano laha mai ka Moana ʻAkelanika. ʻIʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka iʻa marlin. Noʻonoʻo kekahi o nā iʻa kupaianaha hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i ke kai a me nā moana a puni ka honua.
Aia kekahi mau ʻāpana ʻē aʻe e noho ana i nā moana ʻĀnia a me ka Pākīpika a kāhea ʻia ʻO Istiophorus platypterus. Loaʻa nā ʻohana ʻelua i nā kala ʻeleʻele a hina a me kahi ʻōpū keʻokeʻo. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka Atelanika.
Kekahi ʻano ʻē o kēia iʻa ʻo kona ihu. He ʻano ʻē kona ʻano, e leki ana i kahi kiko. Ua like ia me ka saber ʻoiʻoi. Ke hana nei kēia iʻa, he mea kupaianaha ia pehea e hiki ai iā ia ke ʻau i ka wikiwiki i ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna mea pio. Ma muli o kāna morphology, hiki iā ia keʻoki i ka wai me ka maʻalahi nui. No laila, hiki ke piʻi i nā wikiwiki.
ʻO ka fin dorsal mua ka mea nui i ʻokoʻa ia mai nā iʻa ʻē aʻe, aia ma waena o 37 a me 49 mau kukuna. ʻO ka lua o ka fin dorsal ka liʻiliʻi a ʻeono a ʻewalu paha mau kukuna. ʻO ka huelo kahi mea waiwai e hoʻohana ai ia e kiʻi i nā wikiwiki mai ka mea i hoʻohui ʻia e kahi caudal peduncle ikaika a ikaika hoʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā laʻana o ka iʻa holo kai he 100 kilokika ka paona. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka mea ma kahi o 50 kg.
Kahi noho
Noho kēia iʻa i ka wai luna o ka moana. ʻAʻole lākou e noho maʻamau i nā hohonu a koho mau lākou i nā wai mehana a mehana. Ma kahi e mahele ai lākou, maʻalahi lākou e ʻike i kā lākou mea pio. Mahalo i ka wikiwiki o kā lākou neʻe ʻana, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ka hana o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai.
Hoʻololi ka holo moana o ʻAkelanika i kā lākou pae ma muli o ka mahana o ka wai a i kekahi mau manawa ke ʻano o ke kuhikuhi a me ka ikaika o ka makani. Ma nā palena o kona pae (ma ka ʻākau a ma ka hema hoʻi) ʻike ʻia i nā mahina hoʻomehana wale nō. ʻoiai makemake ʻo ia i nā wai mehana. ʻO nā hoʻololi i ko lākou wahi noho ma muli o ka neʻe ʻana o kā lākou mea pio i nā wahi ʻē aʻe. No laila, i mea e hoʻomau ai i ka hānai ʻana, pono lākou e neʻe.
Loaʻa lākou i nā wahi mehana a me nā wahi kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka thermocline. Ke neʻe aku, hana ia i nā wai kokoke i ke kapakai. ʻO kāna mahana kūpono ma waena o 21 a me 29 kekelē. I kekahi manawa, ua loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona fry o ka iʻa i ke kai Mediterranean i nalowale i kā lākou huakaʻi neʻe.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻia ka pea o ka Inda-Pākīpika ma nā kai kūʻono a me nā kai wela o nā moana āpau o ka honua. ʻO ka pāhele kona tropical, akā hiki nō ke loaʻa ma nā wahi o ka equatorial. ʻIke ʻia kēia ʻano ma nā kahakai o nā latitude temperate, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nā wahi waena o ka moana. He ʻano epipelargic lākou. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ko lākou noho ʻana i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola makua i ka mahele kiʻekiʻe o ka thermocline.
ʻAi
ʻO kēia iʻa he carnivorous a manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā predators mākaukau loa i ka moana. He kanalua ʻole ia ka wikiwiki loa o nā wai mehana a mehana.
ʻAi mau ia i ka heʻe, ka heʻe, ka tuna a me ka iʻa lele. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana i kona nuku e hoʻoneʻe i nā iʻa iʻa mai ke kula holoʻokoʻa, e maʻalahi ai lākou i ka hopu ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke luʻu a 30 mau mika ka hohonu, akā makemake lākou e hana kokoke i ka papa e kōkua iā lākou iho me ka lā. Aia ia ma kahi o nā kaʻe ākea e ʻike ākea ai i ka ʻāina a hiki ke kihi i kāna mea pio.
ʻAno lawehala
ʻO ka lawaiʻa kahi ʻano mehameha (no laila kona maʻalahi i ka neʻe mau ʻana e ʻimi i nā pio). Kākaʻikahi ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou i nā hui, ʻoiai i kekahi mau manawa hiki ke ʻike ʻia lākou i nā hui liʻiliʻi e kōkua ai i ka huli holoholona.
He ʻano ia e hoʻonohonoho a hoʻāʻo i ka ʻāina ma mua o ka hoʻolana ʻana e ʻimi holoholona e hōʻalo i nā mea hiki ke loaʻa.
Kūlike ke ʻano o ke kāne a me ka wahine, e hoʻopuni ana i ka mea pio a koi aku i ke kula e pani i nā kūlana. Wikiwiki a pololei nā lunges, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea i mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ka fin dorsal, kahi i ʻoi aku i ka pāpālua o ka ʻaoʻao hahai holoholona.
Hoʻopili
He mau kūʻēʻē ka hana hou ʻana o ka iʻa iʻa. Hānau ka wahine i nā manawa he nui i ka makahiki like. ʻO kahi a lākou e koho ai no ka hānai ʻana he wahi ma kahi o ka mahana ma kahi o 26 kekelē Celsius. Hana lākou iā lākou a puni nā kahakai. No kēlā me kēia kau ʻana a ka wahine e hana ai waiho i nā hua manu he miliona a ʻoi ke kiola ʻia. ʻO ke kāne, ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hua, hoʻomomona koke ka hapa nui o nā hua.
Mai nā hua manu e hoʻomomona ʻia, puka mai nā pua hatchling e lana mau ana i ka ʻili, a lilo i mea maʻalahi no nā mea ʻaihue. No laila, o nā miliona hua manu a ka wahine e hoʻokuʻu ai, he mau mea wale nō e mālama i ke ola e ulu a lilo i mau mākua.
He ulu wikiwiki loa ka ʻōpio ʻōpio, no laila, inā mālama lākou i ke ola ma mua o ka pae mua kahi iʻa hou na ka poʻe hōkai, hiki lākou i kā lākou pae makua. ʻO kā lākou kāʻalo hoʻomohala piha ke hiki lākou i ʻelima mau kenimika ka lōʻihi.
ʻO nā mahina hānau keiki pinepine ma waena o Malaki a ʻOkakopa. Ke makua nā iʻa, ʻo ko lākou mau ʻenemi maʻamau ka iʻa ʻoi aku ka nui e like me ka manō.
Me kēia ʻike hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i kahi iʻa kūʻiʻo ʻole i ke kai.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe