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Myripristis murdjan

Kū

Red Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red Soldierfish, Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigeye Soldierfish, Red Soldierfish; German Weisssaum-Soldatenfisch; French Myripristis à Grands Yeux, Myripristis à Œillères

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kū Mata-nui (MG), Kū Ngararā (MT), Malau One (TS), Marau One (TW), Malau Ngutupoto / Malau Kula? (PK); Other Polynesian - Iihi (TAH), Uru (TAH-L), Peti (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Galapagos; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group - MH. PLUS: MH (Sims); Marine, near-shore

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	P		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 murdjan (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Ostichthys murdjan; Myripristis parvidens; Sciaena murdjan [O]; Perca murdjan

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: specimen night reef flat gleaning, Photo & ID Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Myripristis murdjan.

References:
text p.76 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 15c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.62 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.114 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 12-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 239 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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