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Lutjanus fulviflamma

Mōrenga (AK)

Blackspot Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackspot Snapper, Golden Snapper, Black-spot Snapper; German Schwarzflecken-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Gibelot, Lutjan à Tache Unique

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Morenga (MG), Tangau (AT MK), Tangau / Tangau < Tākiriva (MT), Mōrenga / Kiriva (AK), Takapeti (TS TW), Ngatala ID? (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Fr.Polynesia; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group ?N.Group PLUS: H&H Raro lagoon; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

KEY FEATURES: To 35cm SL. Upper body pale brown; sides whitish with 5-7 pale yellow stripes; and belly yellow. All fins (Dorsals, Pectorals, Pelvics, Anal and Tail) yellow, although Dorsal can be very pale. Black oval spot above Anal Fin origin and mainly below the lateral line.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Onespot Snapper (Lutjanus monostigma).

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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:
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

Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Lutjanus fulviflammus [alternate valid spelling]; Sciaena fulviflamma [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. #125 (v.6). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Lutjanus fulviflamma.

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

p.179 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.260 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 44-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 42-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 525 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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