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Novaculichthys taeniourus

Dragon Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dragon Wrasse, Rockmover Wrasse, Bar-cheeked Wrasse; German Brauner Bäumchenfisch; French Labre-rasoir Masqué, Rason Algue

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS: Observations only RR & SW (Sims), young Tikioki (Naomi Sugimura Jan'98); Marine, near-shore, lagoon and outer reef-slope

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Hemipteronotus taeniourus; Labrus taeniourus [O]; Novaculicthys taeniurus [misspelling

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Novaculini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field sighting outer reef-slope Ngatangiia ID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Novaculichthys taeniourus. Suwarrow: field sighting ID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.180 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 91g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.329 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.458 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 93-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 78-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 779 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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