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Cephalopholis igarashiensis

Palu Matapupula (PK)

Goldbar Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Goldbar Grouper, Garish Hind; French Vielle Voyante

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Yengayenga (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Philippines - Societies; n. to s.Japan; s. to Samoa - Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group; Marine, near-shore, deepbottom

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food

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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

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Scientific Taxonomy

Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SERRANIDAE, Epinephelinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens deep-bottom handline ~200m ID Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: several specimens photo Sims (Sims88). Tongareva: 1 specimen (T&M85). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, Marurai Marurai, dropline to bottom c.300m (210 armspans), ID G.McCormack as Cephalopholis igarashiensis

References:
Special Reference: Heemstra & Randall 1993, FAO Fish. Synops. #125, Vol.16:46-7, plate III-D.

plate 26-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a, 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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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