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Hipposcarus longiceps

Rei (PL)

Pacific Longnose Parrotfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pacific Longnose Parrotfish; German Pazifische Langnase; French Perroquet à Long Nez du Pacifique

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ū (AT), Rei (PL), Lawi (PK); Other Polynesian - Ulafi (TOK, TUV, WAL-FUT), Uhu Rotea (TAH); COMMENT: MH JSB&CM as Rahi

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Usually in schools over sandy areas where they are camouflaged by their pale colour. Terminal males often on forereef slope to 40m. PLUS: ; Marine, near-shore, lagoons

KEY FEATURES: To 40cm, depth xxx. An elongate snout (hence the name Pacific Longnose Parrotfish); TP has 1-2 canines on upper dental plate; TP has rounded tail with lobes. INITIAL PHASE FEMALE pale grey with yellow tail-base and tail. TERMINAL MALE pale blue and green with orange on scale-edges and upper lip; fins and tail mainly pink with blue rims.

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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

Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
SYNONYMS: Scarus harid [mistaken - an Indian Ocean species]; Scarus longiceps [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; SCARIDAE, Scarinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: fieldsight+IP, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Listed, principal of Parrot-fishery (Preston95). Manihiki: A571-1specimen, A687h-1, as Scarus harid (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Hipposcarus longiceps. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.193 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 106a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.344 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 108-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 80-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 844 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
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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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