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Cheilodipterus macrodon

‘Ō‘ō

Largetoothed Cardinalfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Largetoothed Cardinalfish, Tiger Cardinalfish, Eight-lined Cardinalfish; German Tiger-Kardinal; French Apogon à Grandes Dents

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ō‘ō (RR AT MK AK), Yōyala (PK); Other Polynesian - Upaparu (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Maldives - Pitacairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

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

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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

Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802)
SYNONYMS: Centropomus macrodon [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; APOGONIDAE, Apogoninae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen set gillnet, Avatiu Pass. ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.123 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 43c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.149 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.234 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 38-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 31-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 412 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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