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Lutjanus monostigma

Tangau

Onespot Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Onespot Snapper, Onespot Seaperch; German Einfleck-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Eglefin, Perche à Tache Noire

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tangau (RR), Morenga (MG), Tākiriva (AT), Kiriva (AK), Taiva (PL), Tāiva (TS TW), Tāiva / Ngatala < Tāiva (PK); Other Polynesian - Taivaiva (TAH), Tainifa (TAH-L), Tero / Tagifa (TUA), Poga Poga Tagata (MVA); COMMENT: MH JSB&CM 1974 as tuamotu

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group + PL.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

KEY FEATURES: To 50cm SL. Silvery white with bright yellow fins (Dorsals, Pectorals, Pelvics, Anal and Tail), and it usually has a small oval black spot above the Anal Fin origin and mainly below the lateral line.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Blackspot Snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma) has 5-7 yellow stripes on sides and dorsal fin is not bright yellow.

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		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 monostigma (Cuvier, 1828)
SYNONYMS: Lutjanus momostigmus [misspelling]; Mesoprion monostigma [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). Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo19 (G&S85); listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A679-4 (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Lutjanus monostigma. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

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

text p.138 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 50e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.182 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.262 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 44-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 43-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 526 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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