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Acanthurus xanthopterus

Maito Parangi

Yellowfin Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Purple Surgeonfish; German Gelbflossen-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien Pourpre, Chirurgien à Nageoires Jaunes

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Maito Parangi (RR AT), Maito (MT), Parangi (AK TW), Palangi (TS), Kayuye (PK); Other Polynesian - Parai (TAH), Avai (TUA), Peaki / Peani (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i - Mexico; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. (AK, PN) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoon and outer reef-slope

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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

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 xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835
SYNONYMS: Hepatus xanthopterus; Teuthis xanthopterus

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Acanthurus xanthopterus.

References:
text p.247 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 128c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.426 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.584 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 125-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 95-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 932 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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