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Canthigaster solandri

‘Ue‘ue

Spotted Toby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Spotted Toby, Solander's Toby, False-eye Toby; German Augenfleck-Spitzkopfkugelfisch; French Canthigaster Tacheté, Canthigaster à Nez Pointu, Canthigaster de Solander

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ue‘ue (RR AK), Ue (AT), ‘Ue (MK), Ueue (MT), Sue (TS TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (SW) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoon, shallow

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.; Poisonous to eat - serious

KEY FEATURES: To 11cm SL.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)
SYNONYMS: Canthigaster australis [of Stead 1907]; Tetraodon solandri [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Tetraodontiformes; Tetraodontoidei; Tetraodontoidea; TETRAODONTIDAE, Canthigastrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo88 as Ostracion lentiginosum (G&S85), reID Randall (Sims88). Suwarrow: Stead 1907 as new species Canthigaster australis from specimen (76mm T.L.) coll. A.G.Hobbs; reID N.Sims based on description in Stead (Sims88); 2 specimens in 0.5m on Baby Patch reef lagoon, photo pair in 4m depth lagoon N.Sims, IDs J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.268 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 144b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.477 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.653 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 137-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 104-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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