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Amblyeleotris fasciata

Redbanded Prawn-Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redbanded Prawn-Goby, Red-necked Goby; French Gobie à Bandes Rouges

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Christmas (Indian O.) - French Polynesia; n. to Marianas; s. to GBR.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and outer reef-slope to 20+m; On coarse sand, with a uniformly yellow prawn.

KEY FEATURES: To 7cm SL. Blunt head with large bulbous eyes; body round and tapering. Pale with yellow spots; 6 narrow orange bars. All fins and Tail without bars or spots.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field photo, 5.5cm SL, 1971, J.E.Randall (in this DB).

References:
text p.226 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 119a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.543 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 120-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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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