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Chaetodon reticulatus

Taputapu

Reticulated Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Reticulated Butterflyfish, Mailed Butterflyfish, Black Butterflyfish; German Perlen-Falterfisch; French Papillon Réticulé, Papillon à Mailles

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

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

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

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

KEY FEATURES: To 15cm SL.

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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
^^P
^+++
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Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P
+++

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Scientific Taxonomy

Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 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. Mauke: field specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo33 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Chaetodon reticulatus. Suwarrow: Photo33 (G&S85).

References:
text p.156 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 65c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.228 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.336 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 61-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 57-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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