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Nemateleotris magnifica

Fire Dartfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Fire Dartfish, Fire Goby, Firefish; German Feuer-Schwertgrundel; French Eleotris Magnifique, Poisson de Feu

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR, PL) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Aquarium trade

KEY FEATURES: To 5cm SL.(RM91) [ 8cm - GBR]

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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						P

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

Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938
SYNONYMS: Nemateleotris magnificus [O & alt. spelling]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; MICRODESMIDAE, Ptereleotrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 pair photo 23m depth outer reef Tikioki ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.222 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 118g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.415 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.570 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 119-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 91-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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