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Istiblennius edentulus

Panako

Rippled Rockskipper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Rippled Rockskipper, Coral Blenny, Smooth-lipped Blenny; German Doppelbinden-Kammzähner; French Blennie à Rides

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Panako (RR AK), Panako Ta‘areva (MG), Kanako (AT MK), Kaniko (MT), Kalaea Panako (TS), Karaea Panako (TW), Kakatua? (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore; Common along the waterline grazing on rock surfaces and hiding in limestone and beachrock pools and cavities.

KEY FEATURES: To 14cm SL.(RM91) [ 17cm - GBR] - large blenny. One of several rockskippers but wide dark grey bands with a pale central line are distinctive of the male. Female bands less conspicuous and somewhat spectacled.

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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	^P	^P++			P	P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	P		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

Istiblennius edentulus (Schneider & Forster, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Blennius edentulus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Blennioidei; BLENNIIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP- Te Au-o-Tonga (6 of 8 wild animals, blennies in general)

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Springer & Williams 1994, The Indo-West Pacific Blenniid... Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 565. Rarotonga: NMNZ-P.15707; ROM38244. Mangaia: Papera, Keia Distict, around huge rock in lagoon 0m, CAS68266/ under coral head 1m, CAS68265 (DSM58); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: specimen+photo, College collection, 10/2000, G.McCormack with ID as Istiblennius edentulus, to BPBM and ID confirmed J.Randall, 5/2004. Aitutaki: NMNZ-P.15692. Palmerston: NMNZ-P.15705. Tongareva: USNM296211. Manihiki: A781-4specimens, A958-37 as Istiblennius endentulus[sic] (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.211 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 115b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.384 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.531 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 117-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 85-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 874 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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