ʻO ka nahesa marble kai (Aipysurus eydouxii) i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka naturalist Farani.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi moʻo moana kai kinikini.
ʻO ka nahesa kai marble ma kahi o 1 mika ka lōʻihi. Ua like kona kino me ke kino paukūʻolokaʻa i uhi ʻia me nā unahi poepoe nunui. Liʻiliʻi ke poʻo; kū nā maka nunui i luna. Pākuʻi waihoʻoluʻu ʻili, brownish a ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoliva. Aia nā kaha ʻeleʻele i hana i kahi hiʻohiʻona i ʻike ʻia.
E like me nā moʻo kai ʻē aʻe, loaʻa i ka nahesa marbled kahi huelo e like me ka hoe a hoʻohana ʻia i hoe no ka ʻauʻau ʻana. Hoʻopili ʻia nā puka ihu kiwikā i hoʻolālā ʻia ke hohonu i ka wai. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine ʻia nā scutes ma ke kino a me ka symmetrically. ʻO nā unahi dorsal lahilahi me nā kihi ʻeleʻele e hana i nā laina 17 i waenakonu o ke kino. ʻOkoʻa nā pā ʻōpū i ka nui ma ka lōʻihi o ke kino, ʻo ko lākou helu mai ka 141 a ka 149.
Hoʻokaʻina o ka nahesa kai kinikini.
Hoʻonui ʻia ka laulā o ka nahesa marble mai ke kahakai ʻākau o Australia ma waena o Asia Hema a hiki i ke kai Kina Hema, e like me ke kai kūʻono o Thailand, Indonesia, West Malaysia, Vietnam a me Papua New Guinea. Makemake nā nahesa kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo i nā wai wela o ka Moana ʻInikia a me ka Pākīpika komohana.
ʻO ka nohona o ka nahesa kai kinikini.
ʻIke ʻia nā moʻo o ke kai kinikini i loko o ka wai lepo, lepo wai, nā wai wai wai, a me nā wai papau, ʻokoʻa i nā nahesa kai ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i nā wai maʻemaʻe e pili ana i nā koʻa pākako. Kūleʻa nā moʻo kolo marble i nā estuaries, nā ʻae pāpaʻu a me nā estuaries a pili pinepine ʻia me nā substrates lepo, akā ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine ʻia ma nā substrates momona. ʻAʻau pinepine lākou i uka i nā kahawai e kahe ana i nā kai kai.
Noho lākou ma kahi hohonu o 0.5 mau mika, no laila ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he weliweli i nā kānaka. He nahesa kai maoli kēia, ua loli piha i ka nohona kai a ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻāina, i kekahi manawa loaʻa i nā wahi intertidal i ka wai emi. Hiki ke loaʻa nā moʻo kai pōhaku ma kahi mamao mai ke kai, kū lākou i ke kai kūʻono.
Ke ʻai nei i ka moʻo kai kinikini.
ʻO nā moʻo o ke kai kinikini he ʻano laha ʻole i waena o nā nahesa kai i loea i ka hānai wale ʻana i ka caviar iʻa. Ma muli o ia ʻano papaʻai maʻamau, ʻaneʻane pau loa kā lākou kini canine, a me nā ʻōpū poʻokela i ka nui o nā atrophied, ʻoiai ʻaʻole koi ʻia ka lāʻau make e loaʻa ka meaʻai. Ua hoʻomohala nā moʻo o ke kai marble kūikawā no ka lawe ʻana o nā hua: hoʻomohala i nā mākala ikaika o ka pharynx, nā pale fusion ma nā lehelehe, hoʻoliʻiliʻi a me ka nalo ʻana o nā niho, hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui i ka nui o ke kino a me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā dinucleotides i ka ʻohana 3FTx, no laila, ua hōʻemi nui lākou i nā mea ʻona o ka lāʻau make.
Ke kūlana mālama o ka nahesa kai kinikini.
Ua palahalaha aku ka nahesa kai kinikini, akā hāʻawi ʻia like ʻole. Aia kahi emi o ka helu o kēia ʻano ma ka moku ʻo Quicksilver Bay (Australia). ʻIke ʻia ia i ka nui o nā lawaiʻa o nā waʻa ma West Malaysia, Indonesia, a ma nā ʻāina hikina hoʻi o ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa ʻōpala i Australia (ʻo nā moʻo kai ma kahi o 2% o ka nui o ka hopu ʻana). ʻIke pinepine nā nahesa kai i ka lawaiʻa trawl, akā ʻo ka hopu ʻana o kēia mau mea kolo i ka wā o ka lawaiʻa ʻana he mea maʻamau a ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻoweliweli nui.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka mokuʻāina.
Aia ka nahesa marble ma ka mahele "Least Concern", eia naʻe, i mea e mālama ai i nā moʻo, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻolauna i ka nānā ʻana a me nā ana e hoʻemi ai i ka hopu. ʻAʻole pili ʻia nā ana kikoʻī e pale aku ai i kēia ʻano moʻohehe i ko lākou wahi noho. Ke helu ʻia nei ka nahesa kai marble ma CITES, ka ʻaha kūkā e hoʻomalu ana i nā kālepa kūwaho i nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu.
Pale ʻia nā moʻo o ke kai marble ma Australia a helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻano kai kai ma ka papa inoa o ka Department of Environment and Water Resources in 2000. Pale aku lākou i ke Kānāwai, Biodiversity a me Conservation Act, i mana ʻia ma Australia ma hope o 1999. Koi ʻia ke kānāwai hoʻomalu lawaiʻa ʻo Australia no ka pale ʻana i ka lawaiʻa kū kānāwai ʻole i mea e loaʻa ʻole ai nā ʻano holoholona o nā kai e kokoke ana i ka weliweli, e like me nā moʻo moana kai kinikini. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā hana mālama e hoʻemi i ka nui o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia e ka lawaiʻa ʻōpae ʻōpae e hoʻohana ana i nā pono kūikawā i nā ʻupena.
Hoʻololi o ka nahesa marble kai i kahi e noho ai.
He pōkole kū hoʻokahi ko nā moʻo moana marble, ka hope i kaomi ʻia e like me ka hoe. Liʻiliʻi ko lākou mau maka, a aia nā puka ihu kiwikā ma ke poʻo o ke poʻo, i hiki ai i nā nahesa ke hanu maʻalahi i ka wā e ʻau ana i ka ʻili o ke kai. Hiki i kekahi o lākou ke komo i kekahi oxygen ma o ka ʻili, e like me nā amphibians, a no laila noho mau i loko o ka wai no kekahi mau hola me ka hana ʻole.
Pehea ka weliweli o ka nahesa marble kai.
ʻAʻole hoʻouka ka nahesa kai kinikini ke ʻole e hoʻopilikia ʻia. ʻOiai nā ʻano onaona, ʻaʻohe ʻikepili e pili ana i ka nahu ʻia o ka poʻe. I kēlā me kēia hihia, he ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka nahesa kai kinikini hiki ʻole ke hana i nā pōʻino koʻikoʻi.
ʻAʻole pono ia e hoʻokolohua a hoʻopā i kahi nahesa i holoi wale ʻia i uka.
Ke koʻikoʻi, hoʻololi ʻo ia, pelu i kona kino holoʻokoʻa a huli aʻe mai ka huelo a i ke poʻo. Maliʻa paha make ʻo ia a maʻi paha, a i ka manawa i loko o ka wai, nalowale koke ʻo ia i ka hohonu.
A ʻo kēia kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻopā ʻole ai i ka moʻo o ke kai kinikini, ʻoiai ke nānā holoʻokoʻa ʻole. He lāʻau ʻawahia nā nahesa āpau, he ʻona nāwaliwali loa ka nahesa marble, ʻaʻole ia e ʻimi e hoʻolilo i nā waihona toxin i kahi nahu pono ʻole. No kēia mau kumu, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka nahesa kai marble e weliweli i nā kānaka. Akā naʻe, ma mua o kou hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka nahesa kai kinikini, he mea waiwai ia e ʻike i kāna ʻano maʻamau.
