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Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Korokororō (AK)

Network Pipefish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Network Pipefish; German Netz-Seenadel; French Syngnathe à Réseaux

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Korokororō (AK); Other Polynesian - Tiai Pape (TAH)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - present; N.Group - ?; Marine, near-shore, lagoon back-reef

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
	P			-	^+++

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

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838)
SYNONYMS: Syngnathus flavofasciatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Gasterosteiformes; Syngnathoidei; Syngnatha; Syngnathoidea; SYNGNATHIDAE, Syngnathinae

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Male pipefishes (like seahorses) have a brood pouch in which the eggs are fertilized and incubated after being deposited by the female.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimen backreef, Sims BPBM ID J.E.Randall (Sims88); specimen, NBSAP school collection, 12/2000, G.McCormack with ID as Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, to BPBM, ID confirmed J.Randall, 5/2004.

References:
text p.84 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 20a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.500 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 16-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02, 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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