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fish that spawns in stream above the waterfall, but matures in the sea. These fish have a suction disk on their bellies that allows them to cling to the wet rocks behind and adjacent to the waterfall. Using this disk, they climb back up to the stream when it is time to spawn. A shrimp called the
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is named after Chief 'Akaka-o-ka-nī'au-oi'o-i-ka-wao, grandson of Kūlanikapele and Kīakalohia. The accessible portion of the park lies high on the right shoulder of the deep gorge into which the waterfall plunges, and the falls can be viewed from several points along a loop trail through the park.
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Pukui, Mary Kawena, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini. 1974. Place Names of Hawaiʻi. The University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu. 289 pp. (
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Also visible from this trail is Kahūnā Falls, a 300-foot (91 m) tall waterfall, and several smaller cascades.
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Akaka Falls State Park

Map showing the location of ʻAkaka Falls State Park
Honomu
Hawaiʻi
United States
19°51′14″N 155°9′16″W / 19.85389°N 155.15444°W / 19.85389; -155.15444
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
state park
Hawaiʻi Island
Hawaii
Hilo
Honomū
Hawaii Belt Road
Hawaii Route 220

Metrosideros polymorpha
Kolekole Stream
ʻoʻopu ʻalamoʻo
goby
List of Hawaii state parks
Umauma Falls
Rainbow Falls
"Akaka Falls, Big Island of Hawaii"
"'Akaka Falls Loop Trail in 'Akaka Falls State Park"


ISBN
0-8248-0524-0
"Where badass fish climb rock cliffs... with their mouths - CNET"

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