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Acanthurus triostegus

Manini

Convict Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang; German Sträflings-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien Bagnard, Chirurgien à Raies Noires

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Manini (RR AT AK PL TS TW MH RK PK), Tīovī (MG), Paka (MK MT); Other Polynesian - Manini (TAH), Menini (MQA), Eakega (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i - central America; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

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

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Favoured, esp. in South. Common.

KEY FEATURES: To 25cm SL. On reef flat & outer slope to 10m. Breeding colouration: bands broaden, black trims on all fins except Pectorals.

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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		^++++	++++

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 triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon triostegus [O]; Hepatus triostegus; Rhombotides triostegus; Teuthis triostegus

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Randall 1956, A revision of the surgeonfish genus Acanthurus. Pac. Sci. 10(2):159-235. Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon+outerslope, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo73 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A679-1specimen, A685-1,A781-3 (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Acanthurus triostegus. Suwarrow: Photo73 (G&S85).

References:
text p.247 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 128b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.426 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.588 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 124-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 94-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 920 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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