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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

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

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

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

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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