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Acanthurus dussumieri

Maito Tuitui

Eyestripe Surgeonfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Dussumier's Surgeonfish, Pencilled Surgeonfish; German Blauschwanz-Doktorfish; French Chirurgien Hawaïen, Chirurgien Couronné

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Maito Tuitui (RR), Maito (MK MT), ‘A‘ari (AK), Mā (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Niue - Cooks, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe (absent from many central Pacific Is.)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. (SW) PLUS: Single photo SW passage 15m (Sims); Marine, near-shore

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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

Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835
SYNONYMS: Hepatus dussumieri; Rhombotides dussumieri; Teuthis dussumieri

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Acanthurinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: specimen & photos, at 15m in lagoon, to BPBM, ID by J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.245 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 125d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.421 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.586 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 125-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 94-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 931 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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