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Parupeneus multifasciatus

Ka‘uru

Multibarred Goatfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Multibarred Goatfish, Manybar Goatfish, Many-banded Goatfish; German Vielstreifen-Barbe; French Rouget à Trois Bandes

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Ka‘uru (RR MG MK MT PL), Kauruuru < Kauru (AT), Au‘uru Puaka (AK), Kāhuluhulu (TS), Kāhuruhuru (TW), Kawulu (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - common; N.Group - common; Marine, near-shore; lagoons and outer-reef slope

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Good eating.

KEY FEATURES: To 30cm SL.

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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			+++	++

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P	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 multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
SYNONYMS: Mullus multifasciatus; Parupeneus trifasciatus [mis-ID, incl. G&S85 & B&M74]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo23 as Parupeneus trifasciatus (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A687h-1specimen, as Parupeneus trifasciatus (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Parupeneus multifasciatus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.150 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 59a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.211 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.315 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 54-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 52-08 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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