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Aphareus furca

Paru (AK)

Smalltoothed Jobfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Smalltoothed Jobfish, Blue Smalltoothed-Jobfish, Forktailed Snapper; German Gabelschwanz-Schnapper; French Vivaneau Tidents, Perche Ardoise, Latanier Noir, Vivaneau à Queue Fourchue

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tavatava (MG), Paru (AT MT AK TW), Paru < Paru Vaiā (MK), Paru Tarakii (PL), Palu (TS), Paru Tarakihi (MH), Palu Uli (PK); Other Polynesian - Paru (TAH), Tahakari (TUA)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: Both Groups. Outer reef slope to 20 metres.; Marine, pelagic

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++?	^P	^^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

Aphareus furca (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Aphareus furcatus [Misspelling, incl. MH JSB&CM 1974]; Aphareus rutilans [MisID of authors]; Labrus furca [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; LUTJANIDAE, Etelinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. #125 (v.6). Rarotonga: specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP 9/2000, MMR staff & GM. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Palmerston: recorded (Preston95). Manihiki: 1 specimen #A685 Aphareus furcatus (B&M74); specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
Special Reference: Allen 1985, FAO Fish. Synop. Snappers of the World... #125 (v.6).

text p.135 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 48a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.177 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.260 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 43-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 41-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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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