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Cheilopogon antoncichi

Māroro

Clearfins Flyingfish*

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Clearfins Flyingfish*

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Māroro / Tipa < Māroro (RR), Māroro (MG AT AK), Maroro 'blue' (PL), Yipa? (PK); Other Polynesian - Marara (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ????

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, pelagic.

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food, Baitfish

KEY FEATURES: To xxxcm. A distinctive flyingfish recognised by having clear Pectoral and Dorsal fins. Bright blue uppers when fresh.

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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

Cheilopogon antoncichi (Woods & Schultz, 1953)
SYNONYMS: Cypselurus antoncichi [O] [Cheilopogon unicolor; of Collette, has priority if synonymous]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beloniformes; Belonoidei; Exocoetoidea; EXOCOETIDAE

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SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food, Baitfish. Comments: The preferred flyingfish baitfish for Wahoo because of colour and small size (Ian Bertram).

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: 2 specimens, 9/89, ID Collete as unicolor, reID Parin (Gillet&Ianelli, FAO/UNDP Field Doc 91/7). Rarotonga: specimens, 7/97, Joe Heather, ID GM. Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP, 9/2000, ID GM. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
Species No. p117 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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