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Chaetodon semeion

Taputapu

Dotted Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dotted Butterflyfish, Decorated Butterflyfish, Golden Butterflyfish; German Blaustirn-Falterfisch; French Poisson-papillon Quadrillé, Poisson-papillon Doré

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR MT AK); Other Polynesian - Paraharaha (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Maldives - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to GBR

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; MH only? PLUS: MH only (Sims, photo); Marine, near-shore

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		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 semeion Bleeker, 1855
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: Photo lagoon & field IDs N.Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Chaetodon semeion.

References:
text p.156 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 65d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.228 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.344 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 59-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 57-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 685 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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