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Parupeneus cyclostomus

Ka‘uru Renga

Yellowsaddle Goatfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellowsaddle Goatfish, Goldsaddle Goatfish, Salmonet, Blue Goatfish, Yellow Goatfish; German Zitronen-Barbe; French Rouget-barbet Doré, Rouget Jaune

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ka‘uru Renga (RR), Pākevakeva (MG), Kauruuru < Kauru < ‘Uiono (AT), Ka‘uru Rengarenga (MT), Au‘uru Puaka (AK), Ka‘uru (PL), Kāhuluhulu (TS), Kāhuruhuru (TW), Kahuru Moana (MH), Te Ata-o-Luea [Y] / Katuli [B] (PK); Other Polynesian - Ahuru Haravai (TAH), Takire (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Over coral, rock and rubble bottoms in moats, lagoons and seaward-slope to 100m. Feeds on small fish probed from holes. PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Outer reef-slope.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: 50cm (20in) SL. A goatfish with long barbels and an elongated snout. Two colour morphs: one is typically grey with blue lines and spots and a yellow saddle; and the other is uniformly yellow.

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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	P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		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 cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Mullus cyclostomus [O];Parupeneus chryserydros; Parupeneus luteus; Pseudupeneus cyclostomus

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mauke: field-specimen, yellow morph, College coll., 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Manihiki: A770-1specimen (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Parupeneus cyclostomus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims as Parupeneus chryserydros (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.149 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 58c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.210 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.317 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 55-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 52-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 632 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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