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Pseudanthias bicolor

Bicolor Anthias

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bicolor Anthias, Bicolor Fairy-Basslet, Fairy Bass; German Zweifarben-Fahnenbarsch; French Anthias Bicolore

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mauritius - Line Is., Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Rarotonga

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

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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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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

Pseudanthias bicolor (Randall, 1979)
SYNONYMS: Anthias (Mirolabrichthys) bicolor [O]; Mirolabrichthys bicolor

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; SERRANIDAE, Anthiinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: ????Chip Boyle xxxxx.

References:
text p.101 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 27e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.91 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 23-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 27-11 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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

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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