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Lutjanus rivulatus

‘Īroa

Scribbled Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Scribbled Snapper, Maori Seaperch, Blue-spotted Snapper, Blue-spotted Snapper, Speckled Snapper; French Vivaneau Maori, Lutjan à Taches Bleues

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Īroa (RR)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope to 100m.

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

KEY FEATURES: To 75cm. Adult - body appearing silvery-blue, fine close scribbly lines on a silvery-yellow background. Fins & tail outer parts yellow. Juvenile - body bronze with stripes of small pale-blue spots becoming lines on cheeks and snout. Dark bar above Pectoral fin. Large white spot toward the back.

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 rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828)
SYNONYMS: Diacope rivulata [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LUTJANIDAE, Lutjaninae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Spec. Synop. v.6(125).

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

text p.138 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 137/2c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.182 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.266 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 45-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 42-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 529 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zM06a, 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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