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Acanthurus nigroris

Maito

Bluelined Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bluelined Surgeonfish, Cuvier's Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish; German Blaulinien-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien à Lignes Bleues

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Maito (RR AT MT AK TS TW), Api (MG), Mā Uli? (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Seychelles - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to N.Marianas; s. to Niue

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. (AK, PL, SW) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoon

KEY FEATURES: To 18cm SL.(RM91) [ 25cm - GBR]

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 nigroris Valenciennes, 1835
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Acanthurinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: speared specimen ID N.Sims, to BPBM, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88); Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: specimen+photo, NBSAP collection, 3/2004, G.McCormack, to BPBM with ID J.Randall as Acanthurus nigroris, 5/2004. Suwarrow: Photo ID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.246 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 127b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.424 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.588 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 126-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, 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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