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Trichiurus lepturus

Palu Tuna (PK)

Largehead Hairtail

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Largehead Hairtail, Australian Hairtail, Atlantic Cutlassfish, Cutlass Fish, Hairtail, Largehead Ribbonfish; French Poisson Sabre Commun

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Palu Tuna (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE circumtropical - temperate zones

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (PK) PLUS: PK informants from fishbook (Sims); Marine, pelagic

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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+

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Scientific Taxonomy

Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758__
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Scombroidei; TRICHIURIDAE, Trichiurinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: residents consistently ID Trichiurus lepturus from photos, not recognised on other islands (Sims88).

References:
p.601 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)

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. Copy citation to system clipboard
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