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Carangoides plagiotaenia

Barcheek Trevally

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Barcheek Trevally, Barcheek Kingfish, Shortridge Trevally; French Carangue à Joure Barrée, Carangue Grimée

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa (- ?Cooks); n. to s.Japan; n. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon & outer reef-slope to 200m+

KEY FEATURES: To 40cm Sl, depth 3 in SL. Silvery-blue, dark above white below, with yellowish fins & tail. Distinctive narrow black bar on cheek behind eye; breast completely scaled.

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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

Carangoides plagiotaenia Bleeker, 1857
SYNONYMS: Caranx plagiotaenia

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Smith-Vaniz 1984, Carangidae. in FAO Species ID sheets. Area 51 vol.1

References:
Special Reference: Smith-Vaniz 1984, Carangidae. In: Fisher & Bianchi (eds). FAO Species ID sheets for fisheries purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51 vol.1

text p.131 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 45f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.512 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 41-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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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