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Cirripectes quagga

Panako

Zebra Blenny

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Zebra Blenny, Squiggly Blenny; French Blennie Zébrée

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope surge channels to 20m

KEY FEATURES: To 9cm. Body usually with 12-14 black bars on pale grey, hind body and tail base sometimes bright yellow or red.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
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

Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1929)
SYNONYMS: Rupiscartes quagga [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Williams 1988. Revision & phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus Cirripectes. Indo-Pacific Fishes 17. Mangaia: Taratara, Keia District, small reef-pool, clear water - no current or vegetation, 27m from shore, 0-1m CAS58817 (DSM58).

References:
Special Reference: Williams 1988. Revision & phylogenetic relationships of the blenniid fish genus $Cirripectes@. Indo-Pacific Fishes 17.

p.378 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 115-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zB02, 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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