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Lethrinus atkinsoni

‘Īroa

Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pacific Yellowtail Emperor, Yellow-tailed Emperor, Tricky Snapper, Yellow Morwong, Tuamotu Emperor; French Bec de Cane du Pacifique, Bossu Doré

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon, Seaward reefs, to 30m

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1910
SYNONYMS: Lethrinus mahsena [non Forsskål 1775, of authors]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LETHRINIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Carpenter & Allen 1989, FAO Spec. Synop. #125 (v.9).

References:
Special Reference: Carpenter & Allen 1989. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (Lethrinidae)... FAO Spec. Synop. #125 (v.9).

text p.146 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 147/2a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.198 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 52-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 106-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 602 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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