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Epinephelus lanceolatus

Urutuki?

Giant Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Giant Grouper, Queensland Grouper, Brindlebass, Giant Jewfish, Brindle Grouper; German Dunkler Riesenzackenbarsch; French Loche Géante, Mérou Lancéolé

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Urutuki? (RR), Tonu (MG MT), Marau < Kauāroa < Tarao < Tonu (AT), Tonu Marau Tonu Pātuki Tonu Roi Tonu Kō‘ina (MK), Tonu Taraoa-roi [or] Tonu Paratuki [?ID] (AK), Ulutuki (TS), Urutuki (TW MH), Pātuki-wala (PK); Other Polynesian - Hapuu Reru (TAH), Kito Reru (TUA), Peti'I (MQA)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group only, Outer slopes and passages; also TN lagoon.; 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	P	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 lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
SYNONYMS: Holocentrus lanceolatus [O]; Promicrops lanceolatus; Serranus lanceolatus

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Tongareva: recognised by residents (Sims88). Manihiki: recognised by residents (Sims88). <>RH- recognised by residents (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: recognised by residents (Sims88).

References:
text p.110 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.109 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.194 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 26-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 24-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 480 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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