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Cheilinus trilobatus

Kōpiropiro

Tripletail Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tripletail Wrasse, Tripletail Maori Wrasse, Trilobed Maori Wrasse; German Dreilappen-Lippfisch; French Vieille à Triple Queue, Labre Maori Trilobé

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōpiropiro (RR AK), Pa‘ue‘ue (MG), Poue (AT), Paue (MK), Pōue (MT), Malali (PK); Other Polynesian - Papae Mara (TAH)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (MG) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: Little change with age or sex.

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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		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

Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Cheilinini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: Photo (Clerk81) NB: sole Cooks record. Mauke: field specimen, TP MALE, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Cheilinus trilobatus.

References:
text p.178 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 91d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.303 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.432 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 92-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 70-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 774 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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