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Epinephelus fasciatus

‘Ātea

Blacktip Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blacktip Grouper, Blacktipped Grouper, Blacktip Rockcod, Blacktipped Rockcod, Scarlet Sea-Bass, Footballer Cod, Red-banded Grouper; German Baskenmützen-Zackenbarsch; French Mérou Oriflamme, Loche Rouge

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ātea (RR MG AT MK MT AK), Atea (PL), Lalī (PK); Other Polynesian - Tarao Matapuu (TAH), Taaiao (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to Japan; s. to Lord Howe. Intro. Hawai‘i, not established.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: PL S.Groupward. Outer slope below 10m. Spear and line.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 29cm SL.(RM91) [ 35cm - GBR]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+TP	+++	^^P	^P			+

Northern Group:
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

Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Perca fasciata [O]; Plectropoma fasciata

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimens, NBSAP 9/2000, MMR staff & GM; reported (Clerk81). Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Palmerston: specimen 25cm Photo15 (G&S85); reported (Preston95). Tongareva: listed in T&P85. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.105 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 32b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.107 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.184 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 26-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 23-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 487 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, 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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