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Chaetodon quadrimaculatus

Taputapu

Fourspot Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Fourspot Butterflyfish, Neonbanded Butterflyfish; German Vierflecken-Falterfisch; French Poisson-papillon Néon

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

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Taiwan - Pitcairn, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. On reef and outer reef-slope.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

KEY FEATURES: To 13cm SL.(RM91)

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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: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		P		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

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Palmerston: Photo32 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A958-1specimen (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Chaetodon quadrimaculatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.156 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 65a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.335 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 59-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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

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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