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Plectrypops lima

Kū (AK)

Cardinal Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Cardinal Soldierfish, Rough-scaled Soldierfish, Shy Soldierfish; German Kardinal-Soldatenfisch; French Poisson-soldat Épineux

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (AK), Malau-loa (PK); Other Polynesian - Iihi (TAH), Takeheia (MQA)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group -RR. PLUS: RR (?Sims); Marine, near-shore

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
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

Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes, 1831)
SYNONYMS: Myripristis lima [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen set gillnet Avatiu Pass, to BPBM, ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.74 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 14b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.64 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.113 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 13-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 15-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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