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Carangoides orthogrammus

Paoa (AK)

Yellowspot Trevally

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Image:	Adult specimen (Pukapuka)	74KB
Image:	Young adults without yellow spots (Aitutaki)	17KB
Image:	Adult with spots (Manihiki)	47KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowspot Trevally, Thicklip Trevally, Yellowspotted Crevalle, Black-spotted Jack, Island Trevally, Island Jack; German Goldflecken-Makrele; French Carangue à Points Jaunes, Carangue des Îles

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Utuveu (MK MT), Paoa (AK TS TW), Pova (PL), Pava (MH), Pakeva (PK); Other Polynesian - Pahuru Pata (TAH), Honae (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Seychelles - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - common; N.Group very common; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 70cm SL, depth ~2.2 in SL. Flat face; upper lip prominent in adults. Green-blue above, silvery below, ~9 yellow spots (±dusky centres) near lateral line, not forming bands or rows. 1st Dorsal very small, 2nd and Anal anteriorly elongate; tail with long narrow lobes. GENUS with band of fine teeth on both jaw (at least at front) and lack a row of canines; scutes moderate. With CARANX Pectoral long and arched, without finlets,

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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: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	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

Carangoides orthogrammus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
SYNONYMS: Caranx orthogrammus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki:fieldsight-detail, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Manihiki: specimen examined Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Carangoides orthogrammus. Suwarrow: specimen examined Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.130 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 45e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.160 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.246 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 41-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 37-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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