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Cephalopholis sonnerati

Tomato Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tomato Grouper, Tomato Rockcod; German Tomaten-Zackenbarsch; French Vielle Ananas

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Vāelo (TS), Vāero (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa - Cooks; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - PL. PLUS:; 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						P?

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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

Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
SYNONYMS: Serranus sonnerati [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: deep-bottom handline, photo Dashwood date? (Sims88). Palmerston: specimen prob. this sp. (Preston95).

References:
text p.105 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 31c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.104 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.183 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 25-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 22-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 478 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, 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.
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