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Canthigaster janthinoptera cf.

‘Ue‘ue

Honeycomb Toby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Honeycomb Toby, Greenspotted Toby, Spotted Puffer, Spotted Pufferfish; German Perlen-Spitzkopfkugelfisch; French Canthigaster Alvéolé

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ue‘ue (RR), Ue (AT)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Oeno Atoll (Pitcairn); n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (PL) PLUS: Photo only PL (G&S); Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.; Poisonous to eat?

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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:
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

Canthigaster janthinoptera cf. (Bleeker, 1855)
SYNONYMS: Tropidichthys janthinopterus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Photo84 as Canthigaster margaritatus (G&S85), reID suggest. J.E.Randall who notes "colour is more like Hawaiia endemic C. jactator" (Sims88).

References:
text p.267 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 143f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.476 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.650 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 137-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 105-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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