ʻO waho, ua like like ka ʻeke me nā stingrays. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia lākou e ke poʻo ākea (a i ʻole triangular) a me kahi huluhulu liʻiliʻi, me kahi ʻoki loa o ke kino. ʻO nā hapa nui loa o nā ʻōpū he hapalua kubita ka lōʻihi, akā ʻo ka hapa liʻiliʻi o lākou. I ka wā o ka hoʻokalakupua, nalowale nā palahalaha i ko lākou mana e mālama i ka iʻa iʻa, no laila ke kuaʻe o ka maʻa. ʻOiai lākou e luhi me ka hōʻemi nui loa, me ke ʻano he lepa lākou i ka manawa leʻa i ka waiho ʻana ma lalo, e kali ana i kā lākou ʻai a me ka lula pū me ka puʻu kūikawā e ulu pololei mai ke poʻo. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kānakaʻepekema ʻoiai ʻo kēia pūpō he kiʻi paʻi ʻole a ʻaʻole i hona i nā mea koa me kona mau kukui. Ma kahi ʻē aʻe, ʻokoʻa kēia kaʻina hana - ke pālahalaha aku nei kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī a puni o kona host, ka mea e hoʻokae ʻia ai nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, nā ʻōpala a me nā aʻa.
Loaʻa nā ʻōpū moana i nā wahi a pau o nā kai wela, ʻaʻole e ʻauʻau i nā wai anuanu o ka ʻArikika. Ma ke kānāwai, noho lākou a pau ma ka hohonu o 200 - 1000 mika, akā aia kekahi mau pua o ka ʻaka e makemake e noho kokoke aku i ka papakū, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ke kahakai. ʻAno ke kanaka i kamaʻilio me ka māla, makemake i ka wai papa. ʻAʻole nā ia i ka hoihoi gastronomic, akā ua lilo ʻo ia ʻāpana i mea hoihoi loa i nā kānaka, ʻoi aku nā keiki. ʻO ka iʻa maloʻo i ka lā e waiho ana ma hope o kahi waʻa ikaika e like me ka honu. Inā e hoʻohui ʻoe i nā pebbles i loko, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea i ʻike ʻia, kahi i ʻike ʻia mai nā wā kahiko i nā poʻe noho o ka ʻūhaka hikina, e noho ana ma ke kahakai o ka moana.
E like me ka mea e manaʻo ai kekahi, e lawelawe ana ke kāʻei kino i ke ʻano he kāohi pale mai ka nui o nā kai hohonu. ʻO nā niho ikaika wale nō o ka mea predator ikaika e hiki ai ke uha i ka pumehana i hōʻea i ka iʻa iʻa. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi papa i ka pouli. ʻO ka ʻoi aʻe i ka pīhoihoi nā iʻa, a hui pū me nā ʻona e puni ana, pēlā nō ka pena hou ʻana o ke ʻano o kona ʻāpana i ke kala o ke kai.