ʻO ka iʻa lele kekahi ʻano ʻohana iʻa moana no ka papa garfish. Aia ka ʻohana i ʻewalu genera a me 52 mau ʻano. ʻO ke kino o ka iʻa he elongated, holo, ʻo ke kala ke ʻano o nā iʻa a pau e noho ana ma nā papa luna o ka wai: ʻeleʻele ke kua, keʻokeʻo ka ʻōpū a me nā ʻaoʻao, keʻokeʻo. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kala o ke kua mai ka uliuli a hina. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui o ke ʻano o ka iʻa lele ʻo ka hele ʻana o nā pectoral a me nā ventral fins i hoʻonui ʻia, i pena ʻia i nā kala like ʻole. Ma ke alo o nā ʻūhā nui, ua māhele ʻia nā iʻa i ʻelua ʻēheu a ʻehā ʻēheu. E like me ka hihia o ka mokulele, ʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano iʻa lele i loaʻa i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole: hoʻokahi pālua a ʻelua paha, nā mokulele e halihali ana i ka mokulele. ʻO ka hiki ke lele i haʻalele i kona imprint o ka evolution, ʻaʻole wale ma nā hiʻohiʻona o ka pectoral a me ka ventral fins i hoʻonui ʻia, akā ma ka huelo, a me nā ʻāpana o loko. He ʻano ʻokoʻa ko loko o ka iʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau nui a pēlā aku. He liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā ʻano iʻa lele. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi a me ka māmā loa he 30-50 g ke kaumaha a me ka lōʻihi o 15 cm. ʻO ka lele nunui (Cheilopogon pinnatibabatus) i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka nui loa, hiki i kona mau ana ke hiki i 50 cm ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 kg ke kaumaha. ʻAi ka iʻa i nā zooplankton like ʻole. Aia ka papa kuhikuhi i nā mollusks liʻiliʻi, crustaceans, larvae, roe iʻa a me nā mea hou aku. Lele iʻa i nā hihia like ʻole, akā ʻo ka mea nui he pilikia hiki. I ka pōʻeleʻele, hoihoi ka iʻa i ka mālamalama. ʻAʻole like ka hiki ke lele i nā ʻano iʻa like ʻole, a ma kahi hapa wale nō, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka neʻe ʻana i ka lewa.
Nā ʻano lawaiʻa
He maʻalahi ka iʻa lele. I loko o ke kolamu wai, hiki ke hopu ʻia lākou ma ka hoʻopaʻa makau, ke kanu ʻana i nā maunu maoli, ma ke ʻano o nā ʻāpana crustaceans a me nā mollusks. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hopu ʻia ka iʻa lele i ka pō, e hoʻolulu ana me ka mālamalama o ke kukui a ʻohi me ka ʻupena a i ʻole ka ʻupena. ʻO ka iʻa lele e pae ma ka papa o ka moku i ka wā e lele ana, i ke ao a me ka pō, ke hoʻomāʻau ʻia e ka mālamalama. Hoʻopili ʻia ka hopu ʻana i ka iʻa lele, ma ke ʻano maʻamau, i ka lawaiʻa amateur, me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā lākou e maunu i nā ola kai ʻē aʻe. No ka laʻana, i ka hopu ʻana i ka corifen.
Nā wahi lawaiʻa a me nā wahi noho
ʻO ka noho ʻana o kēia mau iʻa aia ma nā ʻāpana subtropical a me nā ʻāpana o ke kai. Noho lākou ma ke Kaiʻula a me ke Kaiwaenahonua; i ke kauwela, hiki i kekahi mau kanaka ke hele mai ma ka ʻAkelanika Hikina a hiki i kahakai o Scandinavia. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano iʻa lele o ka Pākīpika, me nā au mehana, ke komo i loko o nā wai o ke kai e holoi ana i ka Hikina mamao o Rūsia, ma kona ʻaoʻao hema. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā ʻano ma ka ʻāina Indo-Pacific. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻumi mau ʻano iʻa e noho nei ma ka Moana ʻAkelanika.
ʻOhana
Hoʻoulu ʻia nā ʻano ʻano Atlantika i Mei a me ke kauwela mua. Ma nā ʻano ʻano a pau, he pelargic nā hua, e lana ana i ka ʻili a paʻa pū me nā plankton ʻē aʻe, pinepine i waena o nā algae lana a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻili o ke kai. He huluhulu ko nā hua e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻopili iā lākou iho i nā mea lana. ʻAʻole like me nā iʻa makua, ʻo ka ʻala o nā iʻa lele he ʻulaʻula.