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Ptereleotris microlepis

Pearly Dartfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pearly Dartfish, Pale Dartfish, Blue Gudgeon, Green Goby; German Perlen-Torpedogrundel; French Goujon Bleu, Poisson-fléchette Nacré

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to s.GBR - New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - unknown; N.Group - present; Marine, near-shore, lagoon

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		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

Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)
SYNONYMS: Eleotris microlepis [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; MICRODESMIDAE, Ptereleotrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: Photo groups of 3-5 lagoon 3m depth ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Ptereleotris microlepis.

References:
text p.221 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 118c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.417 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.568 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 119-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 91-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 970 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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