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Sargocentron microstoma

Kū

Finelined Squirrelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Finelined Squirrelfish, Smallmouth Squirrelfish, Red & Silver Squirrelfish, Fine-lined Squirrelfish; German Feinstreifen-Husar; French Poisson-écureuil de Bikini

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR AK), Kūkū (TS TW), Kihi (MH), Kīkī Tuālangi (PK); Other Polynesian - Araoe Uteute (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Maldives - Tuamotu, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; 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: 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

Sargocentron microstoma (Günther, 1859)
SYNONYMS: Holocentrum microstoma [O]; Holocentrus microstomus [misspelling]; Adioryx microstomus; Sargocentron microstomum

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: Papera, around huge rock in lagoon, 0m CAS37995/ Teana Teraºa Tawaºena District, open shallow lagoon 1m, CAS37993/ Teanaturaºa Tawaºena Dist., pool in lagoon near the shore 1m, CAS37994 (DSM58). Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Manihiki:1 specimen #A762, 3 specimens #A958 as Holocentrus microstomus (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sargocentron microstoma.

References:
text p.80 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 17e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.66 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.108 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 14-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 15-16 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 226 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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

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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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