General Information

COMMON NAMES: Silver Pearlfish, Pen-Shell Pearlfish TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Unu‘unu Pu‘i (MG), Punupunua Koiro (AT), Punupunua Kōiro (MK) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies; n. to s.Japan; s. to Samoa - Cooks COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group; N.group; Marine, near-shore, inside sea-cucumbers KEY FEATURES: To 14cm TL.(RM91)

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

Enceliophis homei (Richardson, 1846)
SYNONYMS: Carapus homei; Oxybeles homei [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Ophidiiformes; Ophidioidei; CARAPIDAE, Carapinae

Vouchers:
Mauke: photo, c.1984, G.McCormack and G.Paulay, with ID as Carapus homei cf., was same as Pukapuka 2004 specimen which was ID by J.Randall as Enceliophis homei, 6/2004. Pukapuka: specimen+photo, 2/2004, collected by Iotama from Bohadschia argus, general features, vomerine fangs and pigment spots showed it to be identical to the 1980s Ma‘uke specimen photographed by G.McCormack, both ID by G.McCormack as Carapus ?homei, PK specimen to BPBM, ID by J.Randall as Enceliophis homei, 5/2004.

References:
text p.65 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate -065 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.80 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
Species No. 888 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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