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Acanthurus leucopareius

Maito (AK)

Whitebar Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Whitebar Surgeonfish, Whiteband Surgeonfish; German Halsband-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien à Joue Blanche

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Api ‘Ukutea (MG), Maito (AT MT AK), Maito Tea (MK), Mā (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Marianas - s.Japan - Hawai‘i; New Caledonia - Easter (non-equatorial & disjunct)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - common; N.Group - common; Marine, near-shore, Shallow lagoon, reef-flat and outer reef-slope to 10m

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		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 leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903)
SYNONYMS: Teuthis leucopareius [O]; Hepatus leucopareius

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP 9/2000, MMR staff & GM. Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A958-1specimen (B&M74). 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 126a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.588 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 125-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
Species No. 922 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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