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The Adaro were malevolent Merman -like sea spirits found in the mythology of the Solomon Islands .
Said to arise from the wicked part of a person's spirit, an adaro is described as a man with gills behind his ears, tail fins for feet, a horn like a shark's dorsal fin, and a swordfish or sawfish-like spear growing out of his head. Adaros travel by sliding along rainbows and kill humans by shooting them with poisonous Flying Fish . They may also travel in Waterspout s.