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Lutjanus semicinctus

Half-barred Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Half-barred Snapper, Half-banded Snapper, Black-banded Snapper; German Binden-Schnapper; French Vivaneau à Bandes Noires

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Societies; n. to Philippines; s. to New Caledonia

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

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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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

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 semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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).

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 50f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.183 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.266 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 45-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 43-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 527 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
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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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