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Acanthurus nigricauda

Maito

Blackstreak Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Brown-eared Surgeonfish, Epaulette Surgeonfish, White-tail Surgeonfish; German Schulterklappen-Doktorfisch; French Chirurgien à Marque Noire, Chirurgien à Queue Blanche

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Maito (RR MT TS TW), Maito ‘A‘ari (AK), Palangi (PL), Mā (PK); Other Polynesian - Oturi (TAH), Tuhi (TAH-L), Aheu (TUA), Maha Maha (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to s.GBR - New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (AK) PLUS: Single specimen AK back-reef 2m (Sims); Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 23cm SL.(RM91) [ 40cm - GBR]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			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 nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
SYNONYMS: Acanthurus gahm nigricauda [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: single field specimen lagoon 2m, ID N.Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.246 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 126f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.423 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.587 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 127-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 95-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zB02, 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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