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Abudefduf sordidus

Tapa‘uru (MG)

Blackspot Sergeant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackspot Sergeant, Blackspot Sergeant; German Schwarzpunkt-Sergeant; French Sergent-major à Tache Noire

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tapa‘uru (MG), Pakeke (AT MK MT), Kōmutumutu (AK TS TW), Kotimu Tukutai? (PK); Other Polynesian - Paee (TAH); COMMENT: MH JSB&CM as Kamutu

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, lagoon scavenger, often around drop-toilets.

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	P		^P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		P

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

Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon sordidus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; POMACENTRIDAE, Pomacentrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Tongareva: Photo lagoon 2m depth ID J.E.Randall (Sims88). Manihiki: A685-2specimens, A781-2 (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Abudefduf sordidus.

References:
text p.169 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 79f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.249 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.380 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 74-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 61-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 743 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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