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Polydactylus sexfilis

Moi

Sixfeeler Threadfin

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sixfeeler Threadfin, Sixfingered Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Moi (RR MG AT MK MT AK PL TS TW PK); Other Polynesian - Moi (TAH)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 25cm SL.(RM91) [ 25cm - 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	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

Polydactylus sexfilis (Cuvier, 1831)
SYNONYMS: Polynemus sexfilis [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen gillnet Avatius pass. ID N.Sims, to BPBM ID confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Polydactylus sexfilis.

References:
text p.200 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 111h Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.293 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.420 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
Species No. 329 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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