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Halichoeres margaritaceus

Pa‘opa‘o (MG)

Weedy Surge Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Weedy Surge Wrasse, Pink-belly Wrasse, Astrolabe Wrasse; German Kirschflecken-Junker; French Labre de Houle

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pa‘opa‘o (MG), Pātakotako (TS TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (MH) PLUS: MH photo only (Sims); Marine, near-shore, lagoon, shallow

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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: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	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

Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)
SYNONYMS: Julis margaritaceus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: in reef-pool 2m, CAS75533/ Papera, Keia Dist., around huge rock in lagoon, CAS73703/ Teruapuºi, Keia Dist., reef-pool 0-2m, CAS73971, shallow lagoon small pool 0-1m, CAS73753/ Taratara, Keia Dist. small reef-pool, clear water - no current or vegetation, 27m from shore, CAS73709/ (DSM58); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Manihiki: Photo lagoon 50cm depth ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.185 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 97h Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.318 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.444 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 99-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 75-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 816 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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