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Lethrinus rubrioperculatus

‘Īroa

Redgill Emperor

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redgill Emperor, Spotcheek Emperor, Red-ears, Redgill Emperor, Redgilled Emperor, Red-eared Emperor; French Lethrinus à Tache Rouge, Bossu Rond

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Īroa (RR)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope, sand & rubble 10-150m

KEY FEATURES: To50cm. Uniformly silver or mottled brown, oval with long snout & thick lips. Edge of gill covering above Pectoral fin has a small red spot.

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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:
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 rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978
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.147 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 56d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.202 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.297 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 53-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 47-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, 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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