Family Name Listing
Order: Perciformes, Family: Lutjanidae Snappers, or mu, are heavily fished and are highly regarded food fishes by local people. The plate at the right is a ceremonial serving featuring snapper or mu. |
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| Scientific Name | Samoan Name | Common Name | Photo | TSN | Park Status | Abundance | Residency | Nativity |
| Aphareus furca (Lacepede, 1802) | palu-aloalo | blue smallmouth jobfish |  |
-9754 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Aphareus rutilans | palu-gutusiliva, palu-sina, palu-makomako |   
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168929 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Aprion virescens | asoama, utu | jobfish, uku |  |
168926 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Caesio caerulaurea | atule-toto or ulisega | blue-and-gold or scissortail fusilier |  |
550958 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Caesio xanthonota | atule-toto or ulisega | 550964 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Etelis carbunculus | palu-malau |    |
168903 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Etelis coruscans | palu-loa, palu-malau, palu-atu |   
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168905 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Etelis radiosus | pale snapper |   |
550918 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Lutjanus argentimaculatus | mu-taova | river snapper |  |
168868 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus biguttatus | twospot banded snapper, or twospot snapper | 168874 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Lutjanus bohar | mu, mu-a`a, mu-mea | twinspot or red snapper |   |
168865 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus fulviflamma | black spot snapper, or blackspot | 168880 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Lutjanus fulvus | tamala, taiva | flametail snapper |  |
168863 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus gibbus | mala`i | humpback snapper |   
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168866 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus kasmira | savane | bluelined snapper |     |
168862 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus monostigma | taiva, feloitega | onespot snapper |   |
168864 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus rivulatus | mu-mafalaugutu | scribbled snapper |  |
168892 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes, 1830) | savane-ulasama |    |
-9755 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Lutjanus sanguineus | mala`I-pe`ape`a | 168871 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Macolor niger | matala`oa | black snapper |  |
168965 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
| Paracaesio kusakarii | palu-tuauli, mu-sina |  |
550949 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Paracaesio sordidus | blue snapper | 168969 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Paracaesio stonei | cocoa snapper |  
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550950 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Paracaesio xanthurus | palu-tuasama, palu-tuavela |   |
168970 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus | palu-tusimoana, palu-ula, palu-sega |    |
168923 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides auricilla | palu-i`usama, palu-ave |   |
168917 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides filamentosus | palu-ena`ena, palu-sina, palu-pa`epa`e |   |
168916 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides flavipinnis | palu-sina, palu-pa`epa`e |    |
168920 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides multidens | palu-sina-ugatele, palu-sina, palu-pa`epa`e |   |
550953 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pristipomoides zonatus | palu-sega, palu-ula |    |
168919 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | |
| Pterocaesio chrysozona | atule-toto, ulisega | 550968 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native | ||
| Pterocaesio kohleri Schultz, 1953 | atule-toto, ulisega | -9753 | ||||||
| Pterocaesio tile | atule-toto, ulisega | bluestreak fusilier |  |
168963 | Probably Present | No data | No data | Native |
From: Park Species List - NPSpecies Summary
Report
Generated: 11/02/2001 National Park of American Samoa (Fish)