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Aprion virescens

Paru Utu

Green Jobfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Green Jobfish, Jobfish, Uku, Grey Jobfish, Blue-green Snapper; German Barrakuda-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Job, Aprion Verdâtre

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Paru Utu (RR), Palu (TS), Paru (TW), Utu Paru (MH), Palu Wutu (PK); Other Polynesian - Utu (TAH), Tarefa (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group; maybe AT. Deep water on reef slope.; Marine, pelagic

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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		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

Aprion virescens Valenciennes, 1830
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LUTJANIDAE, Etelinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: photo & ID Sims, 10m dropoff outer slope (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.135 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 48c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.177 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.259 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 43-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 41-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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