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Lophotus capellei

Schlegel's Lophotid Fish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Schlegel's Lophotid Fish

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE w.Pacific - Cooks, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; Atlantic (not Indian Ocean)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Inhabits deeper offshore waters. One was caught on a longline off RR in the 1960s. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, deep, outer slope

KEY FEATURES: A nearly scaleless, ribbonlike fish to 150cm, with a high forehead bearing a crest with a long strong forward spine; the Dorsal Fin extends the length of the body. Tail and Anal fins are very small; Ventral fins absent. Silvery-blue above and whitish below, with a blue-black head; the fins are blood red.

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

Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
SYNONYMS: Lophotes capellei [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Lampridiformes; LOPHOTIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Specimens were caught on longlines off Rarotonga in the 1960s.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1.2m specimen longline 1960s, Photo R.Powell, mentioned Percival 1967 Pacific Islands Monthly, Feb. p61-63 (Sims88).

References:
Special Reference: Masuda et al. 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol 1.; Tinker 1978, Fishes of Hawai'i p163.

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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