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Cephalopholis leopardus

Leopard Hind

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Leopard Hind, Leopard Grouper; French Vieille Léopard, Mérou Fauve

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mataele (PK)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon and outer slope, 1-40m

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepede, 1802)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SERRANIDAE, Epinephelinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Cephalopholis leopardus.

References:
plate 25-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB04a, zM05a

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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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