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Epinnula magistralis

Mangā Ru‘i

Domine

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Domine, Deep-water Gempylid-Fish; French Escolier Maître

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mangā Ru‘i (RR MG), Mangā Rui (AT), Mangā Rai (MK MT), Mangā (TS TW), Palu Kapoa? (PK); COMMENT: The head and mouth reminds one of the Black Jack (Ru‘i, Caranx lugubris).

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.Java; s.Japan; Samoa? - Cooks; Caribbean [few records]

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, deepbottom

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (1+)

KEY FEATURES: A stocky fish (1:4 D:L) typically to 75cm SL. (max. 100cm). Uniformly silvery-grey, without markings on the fins. Dorsal with 16 spines, tallest centrally; 2nd Dorsal starts well before Anal, neither have separate finlets. Two lateral lines: both ending in the tail.

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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-inf	+

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

Epinnula magistralis Poey, 1854
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Scombroidei; GEMPYLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: one specimen 76cm SL Sonny Tatuava 4/99, ID+Photo GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, 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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