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Myripristis chryseres

Kū

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

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

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.
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