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Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

Api Taringa-auika (MG)

Hawaiian Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hawaiian Surgeonfish, Hawaiian Bristletooth, Black Surgeonfish, Chevron Tang [juv]; German Schwarzer Borstenzahndoktor; French Chirurgien d'Hawaï

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Api Taringa-auika (MG), Maito (AT MT TS TW PK?)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Palau - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to N.Marianas; s. to Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. Rare. (RR) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope below 20m

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Poisonous to eat - Ciguatoxic

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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
			QP

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

Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis Randall, 1955
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Acanthurinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field sightings pairs outer reef-slope 20-30m depth Muri & Titikaveka, 1 specimen 17cm SL, to BPBM, ID N.Sims (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP 9/2000, MMR staff & GM. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis.

References:
text p.248 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 129a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.589 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 126-13 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02

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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