General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bandtail Goatfish TRADITIONAL NAMES: Rākoa (AT AK), Kawute (PK) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotu, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Aitutaki COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, reef-flats and lagoons, over sand to silt SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food KEY FEATURES: To 25cm. Grey-brown above, silvery below, with 2-3 yellow-orange stripes. Dorsals with balck stripes, Pectorals, Pelvics and Anal clear; tail with black diagonal bars - 4-6 lowerlobe and 6-8 upperlobe. SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Yellowbanded Goatfish (Upeneus vittatus).

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
			P

Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann, 1903
SYNONYMS: Upeneus taeniopterus [of authors]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; MULLIDAE

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: fieldspecimen+photo, College collection, 11/2000, ID GM on tail bars and GR (6+13). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.150 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 4a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

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