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Anyperodon leucogrammicus

White-lined grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: White-lined grouper, White-lined Rockcod, Slender Rockcod; German Spitzkopf-Zackenbarsch; French Vielle Roga, Mérou Élégant

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - absent; N.Group - rare; Marine, near-shore, lagoon

KEY FEATURES: To 50cm SL.

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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
					+

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

Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1828)
SYNONYMS: Serranus leucogrammicus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: know to residents (Sims88 & EIA99). Suwarrow: field ID lagoon Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.104 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 29e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.100 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.179 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 24-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 22-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 464 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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