Kauaʻi record · KCA-FISH-000080
Shortbill Spearfish
Tetrapturus angustirostris
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Kauaʻi evidence
Seed record is tied to listed sources; source scope and uncertainty are retained.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Tetrapturus angustirostris
- Common names
- Shortbill Spearfish
- Hawaiian names
- Hebi / ʻau (usage varies)
- Family
- Istiophoridae
- Order
- Perciformes
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Regularly relevant to Hawaiʻi-based offshore fisheries; included in Kauaʻi offshore scope
- Origin
- Native / highly migratory
- Conservation status
- Not assessed in current release
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Claims remain limited to cited evidence; precise sensitive locations are suppressed from public display.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Open ocean / pelagic waters
- Food and resource needs
- Unknown / not yet documented
- Reproduction
- Unknown / not yet documented
- Shelter
- Highly mobile oceanic fish; habitat use varies with prey and oceanographic conditions
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Fishing pressure, climate-driven ocean change, prey shifts, and bycatch interactions as applicable
- Conservation actions
- Record-specific conservation actions need supporting evidence.
- Monitoring
- Retain Kauaʻi-specific distribution, abundance, life-stage, behavior, habitat, trend, and attendant data with provenance.
- Data gaps
- Kauaʻi-specific seasonal catch, local effort, size structure, near-island oceanographic association, and fisher knowledge.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Unknown / not yet documented
- Seasonal description
- Shortbill Spearfish is ecologically, culturally, fishery, or conservation-relevant to Kauaʻi.