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Thalassoma amblycephalum

Twotone Wrasse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Twotone Wrasse, Bluntheaded Wrasse, Rainbow Wrasse; German Zweifarben-Junker; French Girelle Paon Bigarrée

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Kermadecs - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (MH, SW) PLUS: Photos MH and SW (Sims); Marine, near-shore, lagoons

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

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

Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)
SYNONYMS: Julis amblycephalus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; LABRIDAE, Julidini

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: Photo TP lagoon 10m depth ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Suwarrow: Photo TPs & IPs lagoon in 2m depth ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.189 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 101g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.336 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.465 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 103-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 79-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p408 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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