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Parapercis millepunctata

Karaea (AK)

Black-dotted Sandperch

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Black-dotted Sandperch, Spotted Sandperch; German Vielpunkt-Sandbarsch; French Parapercis à Taches Noires

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Karaea (AK TW), Kalaea (TS), name? (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mauritius - Societies; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: Single specimen SW (Sims); Marine, near-shore; On rubble and sandy bottoms, on reef-flat and slope down to 50m.

KEY FEATURES: To 18cm SL. A cylindrical, lizard-like fish, with a long Dorsal fin, protruding dorsal eyes and thick lips. To 18cm.

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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

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

Parapercis millepunctata (Günther, 1860)
SYNONYMS: Parapercis cephalopunctata [misID?]; Parapercis millipunctata [misspelling]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Trachinoidei; PINGUIPEDIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Suwarrow: specimen lagoon ID N.Sims, to BPBM, ID confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.202 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 113d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.361 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 112-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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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