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Sargocentron punctatissimum

Kuku Taraea (MG)

Speckled Squirrelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Speckled Squirrelfish, Peppered Squirrelfish, Striped Squirrelfish; German Tüpfel-Husar; French Écureuil à Taches de Rousseur

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kuku Taraea (MG), Kū (AT AK), Kūkū Ramarama (MK), Kū Ramarama (MT), Kūkū (TS TW), Iākōpo (PK); Other Polynesian - Araeo (TAH)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - RR. PLUS: RR (Sims); 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	^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

Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier, 1829)
SYNONYMS: Holocentrum punctatissimum [O]; Adioryx lacteoguttatus [sensu Bagnis72]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen set gillnet, Photo Sims, ID J.E.Randall (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC; Terisa Pu, Keia District, in reef-pool 0m, CAS72774/ in reef-pool 0m, CAS72773, 2m CAS72770/ Taratara, Keia District, small reef-pool, clear water - no current or vegetation, 27m from shore 0-1m, CAS72772/ Teruapuºi, Keia Dist., reef-pool 0-2m, CAS72771/ Papera, around huge rock in lagoon 0m, CAS72775 (DSM58). Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sargocentron punctatissimum.

References:
text p.80 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 18b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.67 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.109 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 14-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p140 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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