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Lutjanus argentimaculatus

‘Īroa

River Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: River Snapper, Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove jack, Mangrove Snapper, Mangrove Red Snapper; French Vivaneau des Mangroves

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Īroa (RR)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, Turbid near-shore reafs to 120m, Juveniles brackish water

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

KEY FEATURES: To 120cm. Adult - body bronze, with reddish fins, tail & lips. Juvenile - body dark bronze with 7 broad white bars alterating with fine white bars; blue stripes on cheeks. Scarlet Pectoral fin.

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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

Lutjanus argentimaculatus
SYNONYMS: Sciaena argentimaculata [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).

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

text p.136 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 49a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.178 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.260 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 45-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 41-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 520 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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