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Lutjanus bohar

Angamea

Red Snapper

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Image:	Juv mimic of Chromis iomelas (Rarotonga)	23KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red Snapper, Red Mumea, Red Bass, Twinspot Snapper, Two-spot Snapper; German Doppelfleck-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Chien Rouge, Lutjan Rouge

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Angamea (RR AT PL), Tangau < Angamea (MG), Tākiriva < Angamea < Tukutuku Tata (MK), Angamea / Angamea < Tuputata (MT), ‘Angamea (AK), Hangamea (TS TW), Wanga / Taeawanga < Wanga (PK); Other Polynesian - Haamea (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - rare; N.Group - common; Marine, near-shore; 5-150+ metres

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish; commonly ciguatoxic

KEY FEATURES: To 75cm and 15kg. Brown to reddish-brown on the upper parts, changing to reddish-tan ventrally; fins backish-red. After being taken from the water they turn bright salmon-red. The juveniles (to 20cm) gray with two pale spots below the Dorsal fin. Matures at 45cm.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Pests & Hosts

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Relationship	Hosts
Toxic - ciguateric	Homo sapiens,

Scientific Taxonomy

Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Sciaena bohar [O]

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

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: The most frequently ciguatoxic fish in the Indo-Pacific.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. #125 (v.6). Rarotonga: 3 repeated sightings N.Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: Photo18 (G&S85); listed (Preston95). Tongareva: listed in T&P85. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, K.Salisbury with ID as Lutjanus bohar, confirmed from photo G.McCormack 12/2004. Suwarrow: Photo18 (G&S85).

References:
Special Reference: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. Snappers of the World... #125 (v.6).

text p.136 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 49c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.178 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.263 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 45-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 41-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 528 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM07a, 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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