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Allotaius spariformis

Yellowfin Porgy

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowfin Porgy, Cape Moreton Bream

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Queensland (Moreton I.), N.Cooks (Disjunct)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Feed on benthic invertebrates. Known from a single specimen from MH (1974), and species described from several specimens trawled at 73 fathoms over a mud/fine sand substrate near Cape Moreton, Q; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 25cm S.L. A laterally compressed, deep-bodied fish with an arched back, and a single Dorsal fin. Pink washed with gold, silver below; Dorsal Fins and tail fin saffron yellow; Anal and Ventral fins colourless; Pectoral Fins yellow above, otherwise colourless. Jaws have bands of villiform teeth, and an outer series of stout conical teeth; each jaw has two paris of strong curved canines anteriorly.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Allotaius spariformis (Ogilby, 1910)
SYNONYMS: Dentex spariformis [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SPARIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: 1 specimen #A962 (B&M74) - only record in Cooks.

References:
Special Reference: (Recorded in Manihiki by Bullivant and McCann 1974 using): Whitley, G.P. 1937 Further ichthyological miscellanea, Mem. Qd. Mus. XI(2): 139, pl. XI-XII (maybe one of these). Original description is as $Dentex spariformis@ in Mem. Qld. Mus. V, 1916, p.169, pl.xxi.

Data Update History (information):
zB02, 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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