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Epinephelus miliaris

Netfin Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Netfin Grouper, Netfin Rockcod, Netfin Groper; French Mérou Abeille

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katakata (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa - Cooks; n. to s.Japan

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group - AK, MH, TN. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, deepbottom; Adults 20 to 180m.

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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

Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Epinephelus dictyophorus [misspelling]; Epinephelus diktiophorus; Serranus miliaris [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimens P.Mead, prob. this sp. (Sims88). Tongareva: specimen deep-water trials 1970s, photo Dashwood, ID J.E.Randall as E. dictyophorous (Sims88); 23 specimens as E. dictyophorous (T&P85). Manihiki: specimen late 1950s, photo Powell, ID J.E.Randall as E. dictyophorous (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, K. Salisbury as Epinephelus maculatus, re-ID Epinephelus miliaris G.McCormack, 12/2004.

References:
text p.106 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 106/4h Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 28-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 25/6 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

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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