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Scarus longipinnis

Highfin Parrotfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Highfin Parrotfish; German Segelflossen-Papageifisch; French Perroquet à Dorsale Haute

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE South Pacific: GBR - New Caledonia - Pitcairn

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (RR) PLUS: Two specimens RR 20m (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

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Scarus longipinnis Randall & Choat, 1980
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; SCARIDAE, Scarinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 2 specimens 20m depth outer reef-slope ID N.Sims, to BPBM, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
p.350 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 108-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 82-06 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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