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Xanthichthys mento

Crosshatch Triggerfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Crosshatch Triggerfish, Blue Cheekline Triggerfish, Blue-throat Triggerfish, Redtail Triggerfish; German Tiefsee-Drückerfisch; French Baliste à Contre-hachures, Baliste à Queue Rouge

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.Japan, Hawai‘i, tropical America; Cooks - Fr.Polynesia - Easter (Disjunct)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group (RR, MK); N.Group (MH); Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope

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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
P

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
SYNONYMS: Balistes mento [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: single male specimen 25m depth off Tikioki, to BPBM, ID N.Sims (Sims88); Mauke: field specimen (male) sighted from outer reef-slope, ID N.Sims (Sims88). Manihiki: field ID in 10m outer reef-slope N.Sims (Sims88).

References:
text p.260 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.624 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 132-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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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