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Amblycirrhitus bimacula

Twospot Hawkfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Twospot Hawkfish, Twinspot Hawkfish, Twospot Hawkfish; German Zweiflecken Korallenwächter; French Épervier à Deux Taches

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. Rare. (RR, MG) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, 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	P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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

Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins, 1903)
SYNONYMS: Cirrhitoidea bimacula [O]; Paracirrhites bimaculatus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Cirrhitoidea; CIRRHITIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Mangaia: field ID N.Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.115 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 37g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.285 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.415 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 34-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 68-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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