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Cantherhines dumerilii

Kōkiri Papae

Barred Filefish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Barred Filefish, Yelloweye Leatherjacket, Vagabond Filefish, Orange-fin File, Whitespotted Filefish; German Gelbschwanz-Feilenfisch; French Monacanthe Rayé, Bourse à Taches Blanches

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōkiri Papae (RR), Kōkiri Pā‘ā (MG), Kōkiri Pareva (AT), Pareva / Kareva (MK), Pareva (MT), Pēueue (AK), Kōkiri Papai (PL), Kōkili (TS), Kōkiri (TW), Wālala (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, rare; N.Group, uncommon; 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	^^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

Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
SYNONYMS: Cantherhines dumerili [preferred some authors]; Monacanthus dumerilii [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Tetraodontiformes; Tetraodontoidei; Balistoidea; MONACANTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 specimen, "rare s.group", ID N.Sims (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field specimen, MALE (yellow D, A, P & Tail), College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Palmerston: Photo80 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95).. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.261 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 139a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.462 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.627 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 135-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 101-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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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