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Acanthurus olivaceus

Maito Tore

Orangeband Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Orangeband Surgeonfish, Orange-epaulette Surgeonfish, Orange-spot Tang, Olive Tang, Shoulder Tang, Gendarme Fish, Orange-ear Surgeonfish; German Achselklappen-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien Olive, Chirurgien à Épaulettes

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Maito Tore (RR), Maito (AT AK PL), Maito Ma‘a (MK), Parangi (MT), Maito Tole-lenga (TS), Maito Tore-renga (TW), Mapate (MH), Mā Pate (PK); Other Polynesian - Havari (TAH), Mutoi Farani / Orohea (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cocos - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, uncommon; N.Group, common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoon and outer reef-slope

KEY FEATURES: To 25cm SL.(RM91) [ 35cm - 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	P		P

Northern Group: Present
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 olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
SYNONYMS: Acanthurus olivacei [O]; Hepatus olivaceus; Rhombotides olivaceus; Teuthis olivaceus

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Mitiaro: specimen outer reef 1984 R.Bagnis pers. comm. (Sims88). Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Acanthurus olivaceus. Suwarrow: Photo71 (G&S85).

References:
text p.246 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 127c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.424 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.584 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 125-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 94-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 927 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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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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