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Anampses geographicus

Marari (AT)

Geographic Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Geographic Wrasse, Black-spotted Tamarin; German Brauner Perljunker,; French Labre Géographique

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Marari (AT), ‘Aupā (AK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mauritius - Cooks; n. to s. Japan, s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR, AT) Rare. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope

KEY FEATURES: To 25cm SL; sexes distinctly different (=sexually dimorphic), and TP-males are sex-reversed females. Slender (depth 3x in SL), snout sharp with one pair of protruding teeth on both jaws, tail rounded (in juv.) to slightly concave (in TP). IP-FEMALE brown and yellow-brown posteriorly; one large yellow-edged black spot on posterior of Dorsal and Anal fins; Pectorals yellow. TP-MALE brown with narrow irregular blue lines on head; blue submarginal line on Dorsal and Anal; blue hind-margin on Tail; and blue spots and fine lines on body scales and fins.

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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

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

Anampses geographicus Valenciennes, 1840
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field specimen, ID N.Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.183 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate -183b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.296 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.425 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 96-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 70-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 789 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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