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Paragobiodon echinocephalus

Redhead Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redhead Goby, Redhead Coral Goby, Prickly-headed Goby; German Igelkopf-Grundelchen; French Gobiodon à Tête Rouge

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (AK) PLUS: Listed AK (Gibbs); Marine, near-shore

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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:
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

Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Gobius echinocephalus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimen (GVS75).

References:
text p.241 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.405 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.578 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 123-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 90-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 933 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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