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Entomacrodus striatus

Panako

Blackspotted Rockskipper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackspotted Rockskipper, Pearly Rockskipper; German Perlen-Kammzähner; French Blennie Tachetée de Noir

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR), Kalaea Panako (TS), Karaea Panako (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; National; Marine, near-shore, intertidal - lagoon and reef-rim

KEY FEATURES: Blunt-faced blenny to 10cm SL. Body cream with scattered black spots, with larger spots forming ~4 blotches; face with small spots and lacelike.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group: Present
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

Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
SYNONYMS: Entomacrodus plurifilis [Schultz et.al. 1960, JSB&CM 1974]; Salarias striatus [O]

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

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Blunt-faced blenny to 11cm. Body cream with black spots, the larger ones forming ~4 blotches. Head and face with small dark spots and a dark network leaving white spots. Dorsal fins with dark spots and blotches; Tail Fin spots form bands.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Tongareva: specimen+photo, NBSAP, 11/2001, G.McCormack with ID as Entomacrodus striatus, to BPBM, ID confirmed J.Randall, 5/2004. Manihiki: A958-35specimens as Entomacrodus plurifilis (B&M74).

References:
text p.210 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.382 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.529 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 117-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 85-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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