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Zanclus cornutus

Taputapu Reva

Moorish Idol

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Moorish Idol; German Halfterfisch; French Idole Maure, Porte-enseigne, Zancle, Cocher Blanch

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taputapu Reva (RR), Ti‘iti‘i Apai-reva (MG), Taputapu (AT), Taputapu / Ika Puaka (MK), Tūtae Puaka (MT), Rere‘au (AK), Tihitihi? Tiitii? (PL), Tītī Lāhau (TS), Tītī Rāhau (TW), Tihitihi Rahae (MH RK), Lūlūau (PK NS); Other Polynesian - Paraha Tore (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i - Mexico; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. Common. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoons and outer reef-slope

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Favoured during spawning season only, esp. MH.

KEY FEATURES: To 15cm SL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon cornutus [O]; Zanclus canescens [also: Linnaeus, 1758]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ZANCLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: fieldspecimen, College, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo67 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Manihiki: A676-1 as Z. cornutus, A679-1specimen as Z. canescens (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Zanclus cornutus. Suwarrow: Photo67 (G&S85).

References:
text p.251 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 131f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.434 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.595 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 124-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 92-09 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 908 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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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