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Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sixline Wrasse, Sixstripe Wrasse; German Sechslinien-Zwerglippfisch; French Labre Nain à Six Lignes

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. (RR, RK, SW) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons, reef-flats and outer reef-slopes to 10m

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Nil

KEY FEATURES: Adults similar.

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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: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
		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

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857)
SYNONYMS: Cheilinus hexataenia [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Cheilinini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field sighting ID N.Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: Photo56, text "40cm length" (G&S85), 40cm is typo species to 4cm TL (Sims88). Rakahanga: field sighting ID N.Sims (Sims88). Suwarrow: field sighting ID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.182 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 94e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.330 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.458 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 95-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 77-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 771 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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