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Cheilinus fasciatus

Kōpiropiro (AK)

Redbanded Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redbanded Wrasse, Red-breasted Maori Wrasse, Redbreasted Wrasse; German Rotbrust-Lippfisch; French Labre Rayée, Labre à Poitrine Rouge

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pātuārangi [?ID] (MG), Poue (AT), Kōpiropiro (AK), Papo (TS TW MH), Papopapo / Papopapo < Papo < Papo Tūtula (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa - Cooks; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, uncommon; N.Group to AK, very common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and outer reef-slope

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Poor food

KEY FEATURES: Little change with age or sex.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	^P				P?	P

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

Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
SYNONYMS: Sparus fasciatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Cheilinini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A542-1specimen (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Cheilinus fasciatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.178 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 90d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.302 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.432 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 92-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 70-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 775 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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