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Blenniella gibbifrons

Panako

Picture Rockskipper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Picture Rockskipper, Humpheaded Blenny; French Blennie Picturale

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR), Kanako (MK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Niue

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, Rocky intertidal

KEY FEATURES: to 12cm SL. Dorsal has a dark blotch to 1st or 2nd ray Female - pale greenish with two dark stripes may break into double spots, red dots on head. Male - Body has seven dark grey double interconnected bars, & many light blue-green spots - small on head.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	P

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

Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
SYNONYMS: Salarias gibbifrons [O]; Istiblennius gibbifrons; Alticops gibbifrons

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Blennioidei; BLENNIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Springer & Williams 1994. The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus Istiblennius reappraised... Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 565. Rarotonga: BPBM10827. Mangaia: Atwokoro Tawaºena District 0-2m, CAS66971/ Teruapuºi Keia Dist. reef-pool 0-2m, CAS38832, shallow lagoon, small pool 0-1m, CAS66788/ Taratara, Keia Dist. small pool in reef, 27m from shore, clear water no current or vegetation, 0-1m, CAS66811/ Kaumata Village reef, 0-1m, CAS66796/ in reef pool 0m, CAS66795/ CAS66972/ in reef-pool 2m, CAS66790/ Terisa Pu, Keia Dist. in reef-pool, 0m CAS66789/ (DSM58). Mauke: specimen+photo GMcC, NBSAP, 2001, ID Jeff Williams (Smithsonian) from the photos. Tongareva: USNM264368.

References:
Special Reference: Springer & Williams 1994. The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus $Istiblennius@ reappraised: a revision of $Istiblennius@, $Blenniella@, and $Paralticus@, new genus. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 565.

p.531 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 117-14 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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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