| Common name | Kavalau |
| Language | Tokelauan |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Tokelau |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 1985 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Caught only in recent years by trolling; name (maybe Samoan) unknown to elderly fishermen. Also Ref. 87813. |