General Information

COMMON NAMES: Milkfish; German Milchfisch TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ava (RR MG AT MT MH PK), Ava / Mo‘omo‘o-ava < Mo‘o-ava < Ava COMMENT: Aitutaki: Mo‘o-ava to 60cm, Ava larger. GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE xxxx; s. to NZ COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS: especially MH and TN.; Marine, near-shore, lagoon KEY FEATURES: To 180cm SL.(RM91) [ 180cm - GBR] Jaws nearly equal.

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

Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Lutodeira chanos; Mugil chanos [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Gonorhynchiformes; Chanoidei; CHANIDAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Mitiaro (3 of 4 domestic animals)

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 specimen ID Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: reported (Preston95). Tongareva: well known to residents (Sims88). Manihiki: well known to residents GMc85; 1 specimen #A765, 8 specimens #A769 (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.58 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate -058c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.48 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.68 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 10-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 6-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 63 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zD02

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