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Cephalopholis spiloparaea

Rari (MG)

Strawberry Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Strawberry Grouper, Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Rockcod, Orange-red Pigmy-Grouper; German Erdbeer-Zackenbarsch; French Vielle Fraise

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Rari (MG PL), Rarī (AT), ‘Ātea (AK), Vāelo (TS), Vāero (TW), Piopio (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to s.GBR

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer slope below 15m

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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					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

Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
SYNONYMS: Serranus spiloparaeus [O] [common misID as Cephalopholis aurantia or syns of]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Heemstra & Randall 1993 FAO Fish. Synops. #125, Vol.16 as Cephalopholis aurantia; BPBM13081, 13955, 11058. Rarotonga: specimen set gillnet Avatiu Pass., BPBM, ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
Special Reference: NB Heemstra & Randall 1993 FAO Fish. Synops. #125, Vol.16 misID as $Cephalopholis aurantia@

text p.105 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 31d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.104 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 25-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 26-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, 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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