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Myripristis chryseres

Yellowfin Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowfin Soldierfish, Golden-finned Squirrelfish; German Gelbflossen-Soldatenfisch; French Myripristis à Nageoires Jaunes

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kū Mata-nui (MG), Mānui (AT), Kū Ngararā (MK MT), Malau Tala-lenga (TS), Marau Tara-renga (TW), Malau Ngutu Mangamanga (MH), Malau (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa - ?Cooks, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

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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:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, 1903
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beryciformes; Holocentroidei; HOLOCENTRIDAE, Myripristinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Myripristis chryseres.

References:
text p.76 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 14f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.61 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 12-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 15-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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