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Chaetodon mertensii

Taputapu

Merten's Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Merten's Butterflyfish, Orange-bar Butterflyfish, Atoll Butterflyfish; German Mertens Winkel-Falterfisch; French Poisson-papillon de Mertens

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

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Sri Lanka - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: RR (sims, sighting). Outer reef-slope.; 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
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field ID 25m depth Avarua N.Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.154 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 63f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.225 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.336 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 58-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 57-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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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