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Apogon nigrofasciatus

‘Ō‘ō

Blackstripe Cardinalfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackstripe Cardinalfish; French Apogon à Rayures Noires

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ō‘ō (RR AT MK MT AK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: Black and pale striped small fish.

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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

Apogon nigrofasciatus Lachner, 1953
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; APOGONIDAE, Apogoninae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Randall & Lachner 1986. The Status of ... Apogon aroubiensis & Apogon nigrofasciatus Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 99(1):110-120. Rarotonga: field photo S.Afsenius, confirmed GMc. Aitutaki fieldspecimen, 2006/09, near Honeymoon islet, Soames Summerhays with ID as Apogon nigrofasciatus;

References:
Special Reference: Randall & Lachner 1986. The Status of the Indo-West Pacific Cardinalfishes $Apogon aroubiensis@ & $Apogon nigrofasciatus@. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 99(1):110-120.

text p.121 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 41e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.144 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.224 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 35-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 35-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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