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Valenciennea strigata

Bluestreak Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bluestreak Goby, Blueband Goby, Pennant Glider, Watchman Goby; German Goldstirn-Schläfergrundel; French Gobie à Raie Bleue

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kalaea (TS), Karaea (TW); Other Polynesian - Avaava (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to NSW - Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR) PLUS: Single Observation RR moat 1m (Sims); Marine, near-shore

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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

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Scientific Taxonomy

Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)
SYNONYMS: Eleotriodes strigatus; Gobius strigatus [O]; Valenciennea strigatus [alt. spelling]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Hoese & Larson 1994, Revision of Indo-pacific Gobiid... Indo-Pacific Fishes 23. Rarotonga: field sighting pair, 1m lagoon Nikao, ID N.Sims (Sims88); field sighting Tikioki lagoon, 3/98, a pair (D.Drumm pers. comm.); AMS IA.5349,5350.

References:
text p.229 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 122e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.411 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.566 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 122-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 91-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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