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Macolor niger

Ika-uru-yauma (PK)

Black Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Black Snapper, Black-and-white Seaperch, Black-and-white Snapper, Black Beauty; German Schwarzer Schnapper; French Vivaneau Plate, Lutjan Noir et Blanc

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ika-ulu-yauma? (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group + PL. In lagoon.; 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
						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

Macolor niger (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Sciaena nigra [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: listed (Preston95), probably informant-based (Sims88). Manihiki: reported by informants (Sims88). Pukapuka: reported by informants (SIms88); fieldspecimen drawn by W.Teingoa 2004 ID by M.Francis as juvenile Macolor niger. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.136 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 48f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.185 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.270 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 43-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 43-15 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 516 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, 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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