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Parupeneus barberinus

Ka‘uru

Dash-and-dot Goatfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dash-and-dot Goatfish, Dash-dot Goatfish; German Zweifarben-Barbe; French Rouget Bicolore, Moitié-Moitié, Rouget Barberin

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ka‘uru (RR MT PL), Kauruuru < Kauru < ‘Uiono (AT), Uviono (MK), Au‘uru (AK), Tauono (TS TW PK), Kahuru Makita (MH); Other Polynesian - Ahuru Tore (TAH), Takire (TUA), Make Mako / Mako Moana / Kioe (MQA), Titoki (MVA)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Not common.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 50cm SL.(RM91) [ 50cm - 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		++

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

Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Mullus barberinus [O]; Pseudupeneus barberinus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; MULLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field ID Sims (Sims88). Aitutaki: field ID Sims (Sims88); field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A770-5 specimens (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Parupeneus barberinus. Suwarrow: field ID Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.149 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 57e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.209 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.317 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 54-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 51-16 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 630 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

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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