General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bronze Soldierfish, Shadowfin Soldierfish, Blacktip Soldierfish; German Schwarzbinden-Soldatenfisch; French Soldat Pourpre, Ardoisé, Marinan Ombré TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mānui (AT), Kū Ngararā (MK MT), Māpoto (AK), Malau / Marau? (PL), Ngutūli / Tuauli (TS), Ngutūri / Tuauri (TW), Malau Tuauri (MH), Malau Kulu (PK); Other Polynesian - Iihi Ropa (TAH), Guruguru (TUA) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia (Disjunct, incl. absent Marquesas, Pitcairn & Hawai‘i) COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Rare in S.Group, common AK N.Groupward. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore KEY FEATURES: To 25cm SL.(RM91) [ 32cm - GBR] { 32cmEL}

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Myripristis adusta Bleeker, 1853
SYNONYMS: Myripristis adustus [O]; Ostichthys adustus; Neoniphon adusta

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beryciformes; Holocentroidei; HOLOCENTRIDAE, Myripristinae

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: recorded (Preston95 p51); specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Manuae: specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: specimens ID Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.75 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 14c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.61 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.113 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 12-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 236 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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