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Chaetodon bennetti

Taputapu

Bennett's Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bennett's Butterflyfish; German Bennetts Falterfisch; French Chaetodon de Bennett, Chaetodon à Deux Lignes Bleues

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR AT MT AK), Tītī (TS TW), Pula?? (PK); Other Polynesian - Paraharaha (TAH)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group, rare; N.Group, uncommon. In Lagoons and on outer slope.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

KEY FEATURES: To 16cm SL.(RM91) [ 18cm - GBR]

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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
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Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P
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Scientific Taxonomy

Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo26 (G&S85). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.153 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 62c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.222 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.341 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 58-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 57-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 681 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

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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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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