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Heniochus acuminatus

Taputapu

Longfin Bannerfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Longfin Bannerfish, Longfin Bannerfish, Bannerfish, Featherfin Bullfish, Featherfin Coralfish, Wimple Fish; German Gemeiner Wimpelfisch; French Poisson-cocher Commun, Cocher Solitaire

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR AT MK MT AK), Tītī (TS TW); Other Polynesian - Paraha Ave (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group, rare. (RR) PLUS: RR. Single specimen (??).; Marine, near-shore

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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:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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

Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon acuminatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen small-mesh bait-net overnight Avarua pass. ID N.Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.158 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 68a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.233 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.352 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 66-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 56-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 674 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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