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Halichoeres trimaculatus

Pākoukou

Threespot Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Threespot Wrasse, Spottail Rainbowfish, Rainbow Wrasse; German Doppelfleck-Junker; French Labre à Trois Taches

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pākoukou / Pakou (RR), Pa‘opa‘o (MG), Pākoukou (AT MT), Pākoukou Taratea (MK), Karore (AK), Pātakotako (TS TW), Patakotako (MH RK), Paleo? / Patako? / Pātakotako? (PK); Other Polynesian - Poou (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cocos - Ducie; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons, shallow

KEY FEATURES: To 27cm 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: 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

Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
SYNONYMS: Julis trimaculata [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: Photo (Clerk81). Aitutaki: fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.187 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 99d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.321 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.444 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 98-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 75-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 809 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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