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Grammistes sexlineatus

Ākapekape (MG)

Yellowstriped Soapfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowstriped Soapfish, Skunkfish, Sixline Soapfish, Sixstripe Soapfish, Chaingang Sea-Bass, Goldenstriped Soapfish; German Sechsstreifen-Seifenbarsch; French Poisson-savon à Six Lignes, Poisson-savon Bagnard, Loche Gingembre

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ākapekape (MG), Mangio (AT), ‘Oata (MK), Ika Pātekateka (MT), Oata (TS TW), Punga Mangeo (PK); Other Polynesian - Upaparu (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE xxxx; s. to NZ

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group, common. PLUS: Both Groups; reef flat and in lagoons.; Marine, near-shore, lagoon, reef-flat and outer reef-slope to 80ft

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Poisonous to eat - moderate?

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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

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

Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
SYNONYMS: Perca sexlineata [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: reported (Clerk81); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.112 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 36g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.122 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.204 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 30-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 28-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 498 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, 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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