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Naso tonganus ?IDPreston95

Umeume (AK)

Bulbnose Unicornfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bulbnose Unicornfish; German Wulst-Nasendoktor; French Nason Loupe

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ume (MT), Umeume (AK), Ume Mānenga (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Samoa - Tonga - Cooks?; n. to s.Japan; s. to s.GBR - New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: Listed PL, no evidence (Anon88); Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Injurous spines - moderate

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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

Naso tonganus ?IDPreston95 (Valenciennes, 1835)
SYNONYMS: Naseus tonganus [O]; Naso tuberosus (non Lacepède, 1801) [mis-identification] [Naso tuberosus Lacepède, 1801, Humpnose Unicornfish, is western Indian Ocean only]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Nasinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Listed as Naso tuberosus? (Preston95), species renamed M.Francis 7/2004 to Naso tonganus. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.250 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 131c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.432 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.590 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 128-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 94-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 911 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB04b, 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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