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Cirrhitus pinnulatus

Pātuki Toka

Stocky Hawkfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Stocky Hawkfish, Freckled Hawkfish, Handfish, Marbled Hawkfish, Spotted Hawkfish; German Riesen-Korallenwächter; French Épervier de Corail

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pātuki Toka (RR), Pātuki (MG MK MT TS TW), Pātuki Pōki (AT), Paratuki (AK), Patuki Toka (PL), Pātuki / Pātuki < Uluwatu (PK); Other Polynesian - Patui (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Mangareva, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Kermadecs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. Very common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, Surge channels and surf zone

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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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: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		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

Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Labrus pinnulatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Cirrhitoidea; CIRRHITIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field photo S.Afsenius, confirmed GMc. Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Manihiki: A958-1specimen as Cirrhitus pinnulatus, A685-2specimens,A687h-2 as Cirrhitus alternatus (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Cirrhitus pinnulatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.115 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 38d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.286 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.413 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 34-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 67-15 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p443 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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