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Pterocaesio tile

Uriuri

Bluestreak Fusilier

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bluestreak Fusilier, Neon Fusilier, Bartail Fusilier, Tricolored Fusilier, Dark-banded Fusilier; German Neon-Füsilier; French Caesio Tricolore, Fusilier à Ligne Olive

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Uriuri (RR AK TW), Tāmanu (MG MK MT), Rākama (AT), Uri Uri (PL), Uliuli (TS), Uli / Tikava < Uli (PK); Other Polynesian - Urio (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: Both Groups; common on outer slope and in deeper lagoons. Tuna baitfish.; Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food fish

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		+++

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

Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Caesio tile [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; CAESIONIDAE. COMMENT: Formerly LUTJANIDAE, Caesionidae.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Palmerston: Photo21 (G&S85); recorded (Preston95). Tongareva: lagoon field ID Sims (Sims88). Manihiki: specimens ID Sims (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: Photo 21 (G&S85); lagoon field ID Sims (Sims88).

References:
Special Reference: Carpenter 1988, FAO Fish Synop. #125 (v.8).

text p.139 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 51f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.188 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.271 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 47-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 46-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zM06a

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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