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Lutjanus gibbus

Tangau (AT)

Humpback Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Humpback Snapper, Paddletail, Paddle-tail Snapper, Humpback Red Snapper; German Buckel-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Pagaie, Lutjan Bossu, Perche Pagaie

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tangau (AT AK), Taea (TS TW), Tāea (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Atolls only? PLUS: N.Group only; occassional on handline, outer reef slope.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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 gibbus (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Sciaena gibba [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). Tongareva: listed in T&P85. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, K.Salisbury with ID as Lutjanus gibbus.

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

text p.137 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 50c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.180 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.262 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 45-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 43-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 521 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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