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Sufflamen bursa

Kōkiri Humu (MH)

Scythe Triggerfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Scythe Triggerfish, Keel Triggerfish, Boomerang Triggerfish; German Bumerang-Drückerfisch; French Baliste Carène, Baliste à Ligne Blanche, Baliste Boomerang

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōkiri (MK MT TW), Kōkili (TS), Kōkiri Humu (MH), Kōkili Moana (PK); Other Polynesian - Oiri (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Rapa

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:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Balistes bursa [O]; Hemibalistes bursa

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Tetraodontiformes; Tetraodontoidei; Balistoidea; BALISTIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field sighting ID Angus Thompson, common, 1994 [C.Boyle doubts this ID]. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sufflamen bursa.

References:
plate 137d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.457 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.627 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 133-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 100-09 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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