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Stiphodon elegans

Brokenline Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Brokenline Goby

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Philippines to Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to Samoa - s.Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Freshwater, streams

KEY FEATURES: Small, slender fish to 5cmTL. Nearly cylindrical, eyes large, snout blunt-pointed; fins large; colours rather variable. MALE brown, sides with pale spots and wide dark brown stripe; 1st Dorsal clear, rays with cream with black spots, 3rd spine much longer; 2nd Dorsal and Tail brown with dark rays with large cream spots; Anal with dark rays; Pectorals clear, rays with black spots; Ventrals (=Pelvics) form adhesive disc. FEMALE cream with two wide black stripes snout-to-tailbase (one dorsolateral; one lateral); fins clear, rays pale with black bars forming broken lines.

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

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

Stiphodon elegans (Steindachner, 1879)
SYNONYMS: Sicydium elegans Steindachner, 1879

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 5 specimens+photos, 11/1994, G.McCormack, to Smithsonian (Avana 60m asl. as USNM341657, 4 specimens Avatiu bridge 0m asl. as USNM341656), ID L.Parenti as Stiphodon elegans.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, zD06a

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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