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Ctenogobiops feroculus

Panako

Sandy Prawn-Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sandy Prawn-Goby, Fierce Shrimpgoby; French Gobie de Sable

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (AK), Kalaea (TS), Karaea (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Indonesia - New Caledonia, Cooks (?Disjunct); n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - common; N.Group common; Marine, near-shore, lagoon in sandy bottom

KEY FEATURES: To 45mmSL. Pale grey with brown markings. Midside stripe of ~5 dashes, with only 1 spot below near Pectoral. Upperside stripe of spots mainly paired. Dorsal spaced spots. Pectoral to check 3 spots, sidethroat 1-2 spots.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Gold-speckled Shrimpgoby (Ctenogobiops pomastictus) has rather similar markings but has paler markings and a line of small spots below the line of elongate spots.

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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
			++++

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

Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Pairs share the tunnel of the snapping shrimp Dark-sided Bullozer-Shrimp (Alpheus djiboutiensis) which has a large dark botch on the side of the carapace, a white saddle on the hindcarapace and a white saddle on the hindabdomen.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldsight, Tikioki 1/98 ID G.McC & Justin McCormack - goby and shrimp as Myers 120e. Aitutaki: fieldsight-detailed, Amuri, 11/2000, ID GM - 100% feroculus, not pomastictus, not aurocingulus, not crocineus. Pukapuka: several fieldsight detailed, 2/2004, in shallow lagoon from ne.reef, prawn dark mottled with white band midbody, ID GMcC.

References:
text p.228 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 120e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.531 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.549 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 121-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zupM07a, 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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