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Calotomus carolinus

‘Aupā (MK)

Stareye Parrotfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Stareye Parrotfish, Bucktooth Parrotfish; German Oliven-Papageifisch; French Perroquet de Carolines

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Aupā (MK), U‘u [TP] / U‘u Kura [IP] (MT), Koti (TS TW), Wūmoemoe? (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR) PLUS: Male specimen RR (Sims); Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 30cm SL, TP-Male distinctive. Depth 2.5x in SL; separate teeth on outside of dental plate; tail straight with small upper and lower lobes. IP upperhalf mottled dark brown, w/wo grey patches, lowerhalf pale orange; Pectorals, Dorsal, Anal and Tail mainly dark. TP-MALE dull blue-green with pinkbar on body scales; face blue-green with pink bands radiating from eye (hence the name, Stareye Parrotfish).

SIMILAR SPECIES: Calotomus spp. have numerous teeth on outside of dental plate (vs without teeth on front of plate in all other parrotfishes).

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
			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

Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)
SYNONYMS: Callyodon carolinus [O]; Scarichthys rarotongae [Seale 1906]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; SCARIDAE, Sparisomatinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Photo male specimen (25cm SL) outer reef-slope ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Mauke: field specimen, MALE TP - red brown, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.192 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 105a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.343 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 106-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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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