General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowstripe Goatfish, Gold-lined Goatfish; German Seitenfleck-Barbe; French Capucin à Bande Jaune, Surmulet Oriflamme, Surmulet Cordon Jaune, Rouget à ligne jaune TRADITIONAL NAMES: Vete / Kōma < Vete (RR MT TS TW), Kōama < Vete (MG), Kōma < Vete (AT MK AK), Vete (PL), Vete / Kiva-kalōma < Kalōma < Vete-kalōma < Vetekuo (PK); Other Polynesian - Vete (TAH), Kaoa (MQA), Pokone (MVA), Kiamu (TUA); COMMENT: Rarotonga: Kōma not Koama, and barbels are verevere (Taringa 98). GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Common over lagoon sand-flats and reefs.; Marine, near-shore SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Foodfish KEY FEATURES: To 40cm SL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		P		+++

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Mulloides samoensis; Mulloides flavolineatus [alt. valid name]; Mulloidichthys samoensis; Mullus flavolineatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; MULLIDAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Te Au-o-tonga (Kōma, 7 of 8 wild)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Foodfish

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen gillnet Avatiu pass. ID N.Sims, to BPBM, ID confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Mangaia: Teanaturaºa Tawaºena District, open shallow lagoon 1m, CAS58841 (DSM58) as Upeneus moluccensis, specimen re-ID 1986 J.Randall as M. flavolineatus;specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field-specimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: [incorrect ID, Photo 24 = Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (G&S85)]. Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: ref.# A679-5,A769-4,A770-1, as Mulloidichthys samoensis (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Mulloidichthys flavolineatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.148 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 57a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.208 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.315 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 54-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 51-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 625 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

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