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Heniochus monoceros

Taputapu

Masked Bannerfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Masked Bannerfish; German Masken-Wimpelfisch; French Poisson-cocher Masqué, Henioche Cornu, Taurillon du Pauvre

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu (RR AT MT AK), Ti‘iti‘i (MG), Tītī (TS TW); Other Polynesian - Paraha Ave (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Uncommon. In lagoons and on outer reef-slope.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Not eaten.

KEY FEATURES: To 18cm SL.(RM91) [ 23cm - GBR]

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	^P				P	P

Northern Group: Present
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 monoceros Cuvier, 1831
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CHAETODONTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Steene 1978, Butterfly and Angelfishes of the World, v.1. Rarotonga: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Suwarrow: Photo & ID N.Sims, ID confirmed Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.158 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 68d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.234 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.352 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 66-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 58-12 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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