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Istiblennius lineatus

Panako

Lined Rockskipper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Lined Rockskipper; German Linien-Kammzähner; French Blennie à Lignes

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

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (MH) PLUS: Recorded MH (B&M); 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	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 lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
SYNONYMS: Salarias lineatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Springer & Williams 1994, The Indo-West Pacific Blenniid... Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 565. Tongareva: ANSP64325,64326,65370; BPBM4979, 4980, USNM296466. Manihiki: A684-6specimens, A781-3,A958-1 (B&M74).

References:
text p.212 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 115e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.385 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.531 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 117-12 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 85-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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