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Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

‘Ō‘ō

Fiveline Cardinalfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Fiveline Cardinalfish, Sharptooth Cardinalfish; German Fünflinien-Kardinal,; French Apogon à Cinq Lignes

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Ō‘ō (RR MK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

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

KEY FEATURES: To 12cm SL.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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 quinquelineatus Cuvier, 1828
SYNONYMS: Paramia quinquelineata

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: photo & ID Sims, confirmed Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.123 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 43g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.150 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.233 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 38-11 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 31-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 410 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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