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Gracila albomarginata

Slenderspine Grouper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Slenderspine Grouper, White-margined Grouper, Thinspine Rockcod, Blue-striped Grouper, Chesnut Grouper; German Fenster-Zackenbarsch; French Mérou à Bord Rouge, Mérou Châtaigne

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ungaungātonu (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mozambique - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - unknown; N.Group - uncommon; 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

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

Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
SYNONYMS: Aethaloperca albomarginata; Cephalopholis albomarginatus [O]; Gracila albomarginatus [alternate spelling]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SERRANIDAE, Epinephelinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2004, K.Salisbury, ID from photo by J.Randall, 12/2004. Suwarrow: seen N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.110 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 34d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.116 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.182 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 24-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 26-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, zupM06a

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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