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Heniochus chrysostomus

Taputapu

Pennant Bannerfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pennant Bannerfish, Threeband Pennantfish, Horned Coralfish; German Pazifik-Wimpelfisch; French Poisson-cocher du Pacifique

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR AT MT AK), Tītī (TS TW), Ika-koti-ā-pōteka (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE w.India - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Common. In Lagoons and outer reef-slope to 25 metres.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

KEY FEATURES: To 18cm 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
					^+++	+++

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

Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Photo39 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Heniochus chrysostomus, with Ika-koti-ā-pōteka by K.Salisbury. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.158 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 68b 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 66-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 56-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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