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Priacanthus hamrur

Matapupula (PK)

Goggle-eye

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Goggle-eye, Crescent-tail Bigeye; German Riff-Grossaugenbarsch; French Beauclaire Lanterne, Gros Oeil Lyre

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Palu (TS), Paru (TW), Matapupula? (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
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

Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Sciaena hamrur [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; PRIACANTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: several specimens tentative ID Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.126 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 44c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.136 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.220 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 39-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 31-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 507 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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