General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bar Jack, Blue Kingfish, Blue Trevally, Yellow-spotted Crevalle, Striped Jack; German Querstreifen-Makrele; French Carangue à Barres, Carangue Tachetée TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Utuveu (MK MT), Tapa‘uru (AK), Pakeva (PL), Leileionga (TS), Reireionga (TW), Pava? Pakeva? (MH), Peva (PK); Other Polynesian - Pahuru (TAH), Aruru (TAH-L), Naenae (TUA), Paaihere Guturi (MVA), Pomata / Ukikina / Upoupo (MQA) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group and S.Group. Common in lagoons, also off the reef.; Marine, near-shore KEY FEATURES: To 70cm SL, depth ~2.2 in SL. Round face, scutes small. Silvery blue-green above, silver below; usually 5-6 broad grey bars; fins grey, ± yellow tinge. 1st Dorsal very small; 2nd Dorsal and Anal anteriorly elongate; tail with long narrow lobes. Breast (to Pelvics) and base of Pectoral without scales, separated by broad band of scales.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+	P		P		+++

Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Carangoides hemigymnostethus; Caranx ferdau; Scomber ferdau [O]

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

Vouchers:
Cooks: Smith-Vaniz 1984, FAO species ID sheets... area 51 Vol. 1. Rarotonga: specimen, set gillnet Avatiu Pass, ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo13 as Gnathanodon speciosus (G&S85), reID Randall (Sims88); reported (Preston95). Tongareva: listed in T&P85. Manihiki: common in fish-weirs, also rod and spear on reef-slope (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Carangoides ferdau. Suwarrow: specimen examined Sims (Sims88).

References:
Special Reference: Smith-Vaniz 1984, Carangidae. in FAO Species ID sheets. Area 51 vol.1.

text p.130 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 45d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.159 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.247 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 41-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 37-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
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