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Caranx ignobilis

Urua

Giant Trevally

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Giant Trevally; German Dickkopf-Makrele; French Carangue à Grosse Tête, Carangue Vorace

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Urua (RR MG PL), Ruporupo < Rupo < Tapauru < Urua (AT), Ruporupo < Rupo < Tapauru < Pa‘o Urua < Urua (MK), Pao (MT), Pāoa / Riporipo < Ripo Pāoa < Paoa < Tuatao < Taupoko < Urua (AK), Ulupiti (TS), Urupiti (TW), Ulua / Lupo < Yāyāulua < Ulua (PK); Other Polynesian - Uruati (TAH), Uru Piti (TAH-L), Urua (TUA), Eua (MQA)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Both Groups; reef passages and off the reef; trolling and reef rod.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 170cm SL, depth ~2.5 in SL. Long rounded face; mouth extends behind eye. Silvery-grey to dark grey above with scattered tiny dark spots, silvery below; without spot on gill cover; fins uniformly grey. Breast without scales, except small patch anterior to Pelvics. GENUS FEATURES see Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus).

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			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

Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Scomber ignobilis [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Chan, Talbot & Sukhavisidh 1974, Carangidae... FAO Species ID sheets. Areas 57&71 vol.1. Rarotonga: specimen trolling around Papanaha ID Sims (Sims88). Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: recorded (Preston95). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
Special Reference: Chan, Talbot & Sukhavisidh 1974, Carangidae... FAO Species ID sheets. Areas 57&71 vol.1.

text p.131 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 46a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.161 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.247 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 42-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 38-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 377 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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