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Hemitaurichthys thompsoni

Taputapu

Thompson's Butterflyfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Thompson's Butterflyfish; German Rosa-Falterfisch; French Poisson-pallillon de Nuit

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR AT MT AK); Other Polynesian - Paraharaha (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE N.Marianas - Samoa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group and PL. Rare.; Marine, near-shore, mid-water, below 15 metres, planktivorous

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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

Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: sighting N.Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: Photo N.Sims (Sims88); fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Hemitaurichthys thompsoni.

References:
text p.158 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 67f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.351 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 64-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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