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Chaetodon trifascialis

Taputapu

Chevroned Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Chevroned Butterflyfish, Chevron Butterflyfish, Acropora Butterflyfish, Triangulate Butterflyfish, V-lined Butterflyfish; German Sparren-Falterfisch; French Poisson-papillon à Chevrons

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

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Fr.Polynesia, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: PL.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 13cm 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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			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 trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
SYNONYMS: Megaprotodon trifascialis

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Listed as Megaprotodon trifascialis (Preston95). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.156 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.229 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.336 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 63-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 56-05 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.
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