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Hemigymnus fasciatus

Pākoukou

Barred Thicklip Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Barred Thicklip Wrasse, Barred Thicklip, Thicklips; German Streifen-Bannerlippfisch; French Tamarin à Bandes Noires, Labre à Bandes Noires

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pākoukou / Pakou (RR), Katiārangi ? Pāturangi (MG), Pākoukou (AT MT), Paue (MK), Pātakotako (TS TW); Other Polynesian - Poou (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, rare; N.Group, common; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and outer reef-slope

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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

Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
SYNONYMS: Halichoeres fasciatus; Labrus fasciatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: Photo (Clerk81); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Hemigymnus fasciatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.187 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 99f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.322 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.450 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 100-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 75-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 798 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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