Halichoeres hortulanus
PākoukouCheckerboard Wrasse
Type | Description | Download |
Image: | Adult | 45KB |
Video: | Suwarrow (© G.Wragg) | 562KB |
Southern Group: Present Makatea: | ||||||||
RR |
MG |
AT |
MK |
MT |
AK |
PL |
TK |
MN |
P |
^P |
++ |
Northern Group: Present | |||||
TN |
MH |
RK |
PK |
NS |
SW |
P |
P |
Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Halichoeres centriquadrus; Labrus hortulanus [O]
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini
Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Photo 30m depth Nikao, ID J.E.Randall "perhaps H. hortulanus" (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Palmerston: Photo53 as Halichoeres centriquadrus (G&S85), reID N.Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Halichoeres hortulanus. Suwarrow: Photo I.P., ID N.Sims, confirmed Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).
References:
text p.185 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 97f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.317 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.445 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 98-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 75-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p411 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea
Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02
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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