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Pristipomoides zonatus

Paru Renga (AK)

Banded Flower-Snapper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Banded Flower-Snapper, Obliqueband Snapper, Oblique-banded Snapper; French Colas Bagnard

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Paru Renga (AK), Palu (TS), Paru (TW), Palu Mūmū Wawine (PK); Other Polynesian - Paru Taape (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tahiti, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group uncommon; N.Group very common; Marine, near-shore deepbottom and seamounts 70-300m

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Rooseveltia brighami [of Hawaii authors]; Serranus zonatus [O]; Tropidinius zonatus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LUTJANIDAE, Etelinae

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food fish. Comments: The main deep dropline fish of the Northern Group.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. #125 (v.6). Rarotonga: specimens ID N.Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: dominant species, deep-bottom handline (Preston95). Tongareva: dominant species, deep-bottom handline (T&P85). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, K.Salisbury, ID as Pristipomoides zonatus by G.McCormack, 12/2004.

References:
Special Reference: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. Snappers of the World... #125 (v.6).

p.516 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 44-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, 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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