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Epibulus insidiator

Marari

Slingjaw Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Slingjaw Wrasse, Slingjaw, Sling-jaw Wrasse; German Stülpmaul-Lippfisch; French Labre à Long Museau, Épibule Trompeur, Épibule Gourami

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Marari? (RR), Kōpiropiro (AK), Malali (TS), Marari (TW), Aupā (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. Common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and outer reef-slope to more than 20m

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
			++		+++

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

Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770)
SYNONYMS: Sparus insidiator [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Cheilinini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Epibulus insidiator. Suwarrow: field sighting ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.180 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 92c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.315 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.449 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 93-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 75-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 770 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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