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Pseudanthias olivaceus

Yellow-tail Basslet

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellow-tail Basslet

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Niue - Line Islands & Tuamotu; s. to Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group (RR); Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope to 35m; near the substrate

KEY FEATURES: To about 12cm. Sexually dimorphic. Both have yellow tail. FEMALE has blue body, while MALE body is darker with orange patches.

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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

Pseudanthias olivaceus Randall & McCosker, 1982
SYNONYMS: Anthias (Pseudanthias) olivaceus [O]; Anthias olivaceus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SERRANIDAE, Anthiinae. COMMENT: SciName J.E.Randall pers.comm. 3/2000, not Eschmeyer.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Holotype specimen, 34m Randall & McCosker 1982, BPMN 13907.

References:
Special Reference: Randall & McCosker, 1982: Two new Serranid fishes of the genus Anthias from the central Pacific, J. Aquaricult. (JAQ) v.2(3): 59-69.

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