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Seriola rivoliana

Paru Kōmuri (PN)

Almaco Jack

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Almaco Jack, Greater Amberjack; German Kleine Bernsteinmakrele; French Seriole Limon

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōmuri (MG AT AK), Paru Vai‘ā (MT), Paru komuri (PL), Palu Kōmuli (TS PK), Paru Kōmuri (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Zealand

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - deep; N.Group - deep.; Marine, near-shore reef-slope and seamounts 10-250m

KEY FEATURES: To 70cmSL, depth ~4 in SL. Bluish-green above, ± amber midside stripe, white below; ± dark stripe or cap from upper lip to 1st dorsal; Tail and other fins dark, Pelvics white front-edge. Face straight; upper jawbone ends under eye; Pectoral shorter than head length; tail lunar-like; without scutes; grooves above and below tail base; Anal less than 70% base of 2nd Dorsal; without finlets.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) has face rounded; extra bone on upper-posterior of upper jawbone; GR 20-24 (juvs.) becoming 11-19 (adults) [vs. 24-29 becoming 22-26]; in adults 2nd Dorsal lobe = Pectoral (vs. 1.5x Pectoral). Consult specialist books for more details.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CARANGIDAE, Naucratinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 3 specimens handline at F.A.D off Nikao, ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Palmerston: recorded (Preston95). Tongareva: listed in T&P85. Pukapuka: informants in contrast to specimen of Seriola dumerili, ID K.Salisbury and G.McCormack.

References:
text p.132 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 47d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.167 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.252 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 155-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 39-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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