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Parupeneus pleurostigma

Ka‘uru

Sidespot Goatfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sidespot Goatfish, Blackspot Goatfish; French Poisson-chèvre à Tache Noire

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ka‘uru (RR)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotu, Hawai‘i; n to s.Japan, s. to Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon and seaward reefs, over rubble etc; to 50m

KEY FEATURES: Round black patch on side undergap between dorsal fins. Oblong yellowish patch behind the sidespot.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Parupeneus multifasciatus

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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:
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

Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1830)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; MULLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldsight, 1 only, outer reef slope at 15m, 10/2001, north coast e.of Avatiu (Mataora wreck), ID M.Francis.

References:
text p.150 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 59d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.212 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.315 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 54-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 52-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p.336 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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