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Neoniphon sammara

Bloodspot Squirrelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bloodspot Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrlefish; German Blutfleck-Husar; French Poisson-écureuil Tacheté

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kūkū (MK MT AK), Kūkū Sē (TS TW), Wūtalaloa / Kīkī Yāmoa? (PK); Other Polynesian - Araoe (TAH), Kiota (TUA), Taataa (MQA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Common S.Group and N.Group. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 24cm SL.(RM91) [ 30cm - GBR]

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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

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Scientific Taxonomy

Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Flammeo sammara; Holocentrus sammara; Sciaena sammara [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens in night set gillnets Avatiu Pass. ID Sims (Sims88). Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: reported (Preston95 p51). Manihiki: 5 specimens #A679, as Holocentrus sammara (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Neoniphon sammara.

References:
text p.79 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 16e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.64 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.110 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 13-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 224 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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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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