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Myripristis violacea

Kū

Violet Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Violet Soldierfish, Lattice Soldierfish, Orangefin Soldierfish, Violet Soldierfish; German Violetter Soldatenfisch; French Myripristis Violacé

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kū Mata-nui (MG), Mānui (AT), Kū Ngararā (MK MT), Māpoto (AK), Nato (PL TS TW MH), Malau Āniu (PK); Other Polynesian - Iihi Nato (TAH), Papurago (TUA), Meaikua / Eia Pukiki (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Uncommon in S.Group; common in N.Group. PLUS:; 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	P					P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	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 violacea (Bleeker, 1851)
SYNONYMS: Myripristis microphthalmus [O]; Myripristis violaceus; Sargocentron violaceum [not to be confused with Holocentrus/Sargocentron violaceum]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Randall & Greenfield 1996, Revision of the Indo-Pacific holocentrid fishes of the genus Myripristis... Indo-Pacific Fishes (25):1-61. Rarotonga: set gillnet Avatiu Pass., to BPBM, ID confirmed Randall (Sims88); BPBM5660. Manihiki: specimens #A676 x1, A761 x1, A781 x1, A959 x1, A963 x1 as Myripristis microphthalmus (B&M74), reID ? (Sims88); specimen & ID Sims, ID confirmed Randall (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.76 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 15e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.63 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.115 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 12-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 15-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 238 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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