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Centropyge bispinosa

Dusky Angelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dusky Angelfish, Two-spined Angelfish, Coral Beauty; German Gestreifter Zwergkaiser; French Poisson-ange à Deux Épines

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group. Uncommon. Lagoon and outer reef-slope below 10 metres.; Marine, near-shore

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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

Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860)
SYNONYMS: Holacanthus bispinosus [O]; Centropyge bispinosus [misspelling]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; POMACANTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Rakahanga: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.160 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 69e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.238 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.354 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 69-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 58-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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