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Plagiotremus tapeinosoma

Panako

Scale-eating Fangblenny

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Scale-eating Fangblenny, Piano Fangblenny, Scale-eating Blenny; German Piano-Säbelzahnschleimfisch; French Blennie à Dents Acérées

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR AK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to n.NZ - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; 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

Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
SYNONYMS: Aspidontus tapeinosoma; Petroskirtes tapeinosoma [O]; Runula tapeinosoma

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Blennioidei; BLENNIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field sighting ID Angus Thompson 1994 common.

References:
text p.215 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 116h Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.373 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.532 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 114-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 84-15 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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