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Cirripectes variolosus

Panako

Redspeckled Blenny

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redspeckled Blenny, Red-tipped Fringed-blenny; German Rottropfen-Blenny; French Blennie Tachetée de Rouge

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR MG AK), Kata?? (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE PNG - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (MH) PLUS: Listed MH (B&M) - ?$C. quagga@; Marine, near-shore

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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		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

Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
SYNONYMS: Salarias variolosus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Blennioidei; BLENNIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: A958-7specimens (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.207 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 114c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.532 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 115-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
Species No. 867 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02

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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