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Thalassoma nigrofasciatum

Whitebar Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Whitebar Wrasse; French Girelle Paon à Quatre Bandes Noires

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE PNG - Fiji - Cooks; n. to s.Japan; s. to Kermadecs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - rare; N.Group ?; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and seaward reefs to 15m

KEY FEATURES: To 17cm SL. Colour similar thoughout life.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Sixbar Wrasse (Thalasoma hardwicke) has six narrow bars (vs ~3 very wide bars)

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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

Thalassoma nigrofasciatum Randall, 2003
SYNONYMS: Thalassoma jansenii [mis-ID, is Sri Lanka - Indonesia - Micronesia - s.Japan]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldsight 2min, 1 only, Avarua Harbour, 2m, 10/2001, ID M.Francis.

References:
text p.189 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 102c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.337 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.466 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 103-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 78-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 787 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB04b, zM02, 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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