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Open Ocean Species
Kajiki (Pacific Blue Marlin)
Kajiki (Makaira nigricans) is commonly known as Pacific blue marlin, or a`u, the Hawaiian name applied to all marlin species caught in Hawaii. This species can get as large as 1,600 pounds in round weight, but the usual size of fish marketed is between 80 and 300 pounds in round weight. The kajiki is distinguished from other commonly-caught marlin species by its larger size, heavier bill, and rougher, grey skin. It lacks the obvious stripes of the nairagi.
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Hebi (Shortbill Spearfish)
Hebi (Tetrapturus angustirostris) is commonly known as shortbill spearfish. Its dorsal fin is shorter than that of other billfish species, and its bill is almost nonexistent. Hebi caught in Hawaiian waters are usually between 20 and 40 pounds in round weight.
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Nairagi (Striped Marlin)
Nairagi (Tetrapturus audax) is commonly known as striped marlin, barred marlin, and a`u, the Hawaiian name applied to all marlin species caught in Hawaii. Nairagi are usually between 40 and 100 pounds in round weight and are rarely over 130 pounds. In the marlin family, the nairagi has the slenderest bill and the most visible "stripes". Although distinct when first taken from the water, the vertical stripes fade. Other distinguishing characteristics of this species are the high, pointed dorsal fin (higher than the greatest depth of the body) and more compressed sides than other species of marlin.
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Shutome (Broadbill Swordfish)
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbill, broadbill swordfish or shutome in Hawaii, are the most widely distributed of all billfish in the Pacific Ocean. Swordfish are caught in association with frontal zones where ocean currents or water m asses meet to create turbulence and sharp gradients of temperature and salinity. Swordfish make vertical migrations through the water column, rising near to the surface at night from deep waters. Swordfish caught around the Hawaiian Islands are from stock s which migrate throughout the North Pacific.
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