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Bothus pantherinus

Pātiki (AK)

Leopard Flounder

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Leopard Flounder, Panther Flounder; German Panther-Butt; French Rombou Léopard

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Patiki (MK), Pātiki (MT AK), Pātiki Pālahalaha (TS), Pātiki Pāraharaha (TW), Ali (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. Rare. (PL) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 40cm SL. Oval, flat with both eyes on leftside, rounded face with non-protruding mouth. Changes colour rapidly depending on substrate; generally grey with pale spots of various sizes. Lower eye on line from mouth to Pectoral, upper eye overlaps lower eye by ~50%. Males develop elongate Pectoral.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Platophrys pantherines; Rhombus pantherinus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Pleuronectiformes; Pleuronectoidei; BOTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A781-1specimen (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.255 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 134f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.450 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.609 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 131-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 98-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 204 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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