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Moolgarda engeli

Kanae

Engel's Mullet

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Engel's Mullet; French Mulet oeil de Perdrix

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Aua < Konako < Kanae> (RR), Kākā < Kā < Kārārā < Teu (AT), Ūava [ID?] (TS TW), Uvava / Konako (MH), Aua / Aliki < Aua (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Tonga - Cooks

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS: Confused with smaller stages of C. crenilabis.; Marine, near-shore, lagoons over sandflats

KEY FEATURES: To 15cm. Small; blunt snout; round body; additional eyelid covers part of pupil and extends <1x pupilØ behind eye; Lateral Row scales 32-35.. Silvery grey above, silver below, without any distinctive spots or stripes. Fins grey.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus).

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	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

Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858)
SYNONYMS: Chelon engeli; Mugil engeli [O]; Valamugil engeli

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Mugiliformes; MUGILIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen beach seine Muri ID N.Sims, to BPBM, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Manihiki: A687-1specimen, A769-1, A781-24, as Chelon engeli (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.198 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 112a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
Species No. 286 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, 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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