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Macropharyngodon meleagris

Leopard Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Leopard Wrasse, Blackspotted Wrasse, Guinea Fowl Wrasse; German Panther-Lippfisch; French Labre Léopard

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cocos - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. (MG, PK, SW) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef slope, reef-flat

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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: 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

Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)
SYNONYMS: Julis meleagris [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: field sightings reef-flat Oneroa ID N.Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: field sighting males ID N.Sims (Sims88). Suwarrow: Photo male 3m depth lagoon pass. ID J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.187 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 100d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.328 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.452 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 101-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 73-15 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 807 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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