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Acanthurus guttatus

Api

Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Whitespotted Surgeonfish, Mustard Surgeonfish, Spotted Surgeonfish, Spotted Tang; German Brandungs-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien Moucheté, Chirurgien Moutarde

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Api (RR AT MK MT PL TS TW MH), Api Puā-‘au (MG), Apiapi (AK), Maono / Maono Uli (PK); Other Polynesian - Api (TAH), Kikito (TUA), Api-api (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cocos - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. Common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, Surf zone to 3m

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801
SYNONYMS: Hepatus guttatus; Harpurus guttatus; Rhombotides guttatus; Teuthis guttatus; Zebrasoma guttatus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Acanthurinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP, 9/2000, ID I.Bertram/GM. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field-specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo70 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.245 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 125e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.422 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.583 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 125-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 95-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 921 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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