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Amblygobius phalaena cf.

Brownbarred Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Brownbarred Goby, Brown-barred Goby, Banded Goby; German Augen-Grundel; French Gobie à Taches Blanches

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Phillipines - Societies; n. to s.Japan; s. to New South Wales & Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (AK) PLUS: Observation AK (Sims); Marine, near-shore, lagoon

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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

Amblygobius phalaena cf. (Valenciennes, 1837)
SYNONYMS: Gobius phalaena [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field sighting lagoon sand-gravel bed 5m depth N.Sims as Amblygobius albimaculatus cf. or Amblygobius phalaena (Sims88), A. albimaculatus an Indian Ocean - ?New Caledonia sp (GMc00).

References:
text p.229 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 121f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.393 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.554 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 122-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 89-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02

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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