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Trachinotus blochii

Silver Pompano

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Silver Pompano, Buck-nosed Trevally, Goldfin Permit, Moonfish, Snubnosed Pompano, Snubnosed Dart; French Trachinote de Bloch, Pompaneau Lune

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Yoke (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, Adults outer reef, juveniles reef-flat & estuarine

KEY FEATURES: To 75cm SL, Depth ~2 in SL. Silvery-grey above; silvery-white, turning golden-orange with age; without scutes on hind lateral line, and Pectoral Fin shorter than head length. 1st Dorsal spines short without membranes (except when very young). 2nd Dorsal and Anal with long anterior lobes; 2nd Dorsal, Anal, Pectoral and Tail grey or dusky-orange, darkest on the lobes.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present?
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

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

Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Caesiomorus blochii [O]

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

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Feeds on molluscs & other hard shelled invertebrates.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.132 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 129/i Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.168 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.254 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 42-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 39-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 391 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, 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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