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Gymnomuraena zebra

Va‘aroa Ngutu-poto (AK)

Zebra Moray

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Zebra Moray; German Zebra-Muräne; French Murène Zébrée

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Va‘aroa Ngutu-poto (AK), Pusi Lele (TS), Pusi Rere (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies, Hawai‘i - tropical America; n. to s.Japan; s. to Samoa - Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, reef-moat and outer reef-slope

KEY FEATURES: To 150cm TL.(RM91) [ 150cm - GBR]

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
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

Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)
SYNONYMS: Echidna zebra; Gymnothorax zebra [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Anguilliformes; Muraenoidei; MURAENIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM.

References:
text p.42 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 9d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.35 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.54 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 5-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 7-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 133 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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