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Hologymnosus annulatus

Ring Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Ring Wrasse, Finescale Wrasse, Ringwrasse; German Gestreifter Hechtlippfisch; French Labre Annelé, Colombine Annelée

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group to PL. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: TP-Male are sex reversed females. JUV xxxx IP xxxxxxxx TP-Male xxx

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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						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

Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Labrus annulatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Westneat 1997, Labridae. FAO ID Guide... Carpenter & Niem (eds). Rarotonga: Photo 17m depth Nikao ID Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Palmerston: Listed as "Hologymnosus sp. (annulatus?)" (Preston95).

References:
Special Reference: Westneat 1997, Labridae. FAO ID Guide... Carpenter & Niem (eds).

text p.187 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.323 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.449 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 100-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 77-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 792 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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