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Lutjanus malabaricus

Angamea (TN)

Malabar Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Malabar Snapper, Malabar Blood Snapper, Malabar Red Snapper, Saddletailed Seaperch, Scarlet Sea-Perch; French Mérou Malabar, Vivaneau Malabar

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Hangamea (TS TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Persian Gulf - India - Tonga - Cooks?; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group - TN PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Sparus malabaricus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LUTJANIDAE, Lutjaninae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. #125 (v.6). Tongareva: 4 specimens, dropline, as Lutjanus sebae/malabaricus (T&P85).

References:
Special Reference: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. Snappers of the World... #125 (v.6).

text p.138 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 137-2b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.263 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 27-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 42-4 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 523 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zM06a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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