Cook Islands Biodiversity Database

Species Page

Back to: «« Search Page | « Results Page

Add to My List

Aulostomus chinensis

Tūpoupou (MK)

Trumpetfish

Multimedia & Additional Resources

Type	Description	Download
Image:	Adults	39KB
Image:	Adult - Palmerston Atoll	34KB
Video:	yellow form on Rarotonga (© Karl Traylor)	458KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: Trumpetfish, Asian Trumpetfish, Chinese Trumpet, Trumpetfish; German Trompetenfisch; French Poisson-trompette

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tātāvere (RR), Rārā‘i (AT), Tūpoupou (MK PK), Tāverovero (MT), Pāpā (AK), Kōhaki (TS TW), Aniuniu (MH); Other Polynesian - Auapa Tohe Tupou (TAH); COMMENT: Mauke: Tūpoupou means "to bow the head", as this fish does.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.Africa - Rapanui, Hawai‘i - Panama; n. to Japan; s. to Lord Howe

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

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Eaten sometimes in South.

KEY FEATURES: To 80cm SL.

Enlarged Image of 'Aulostomus chinensis'

Cook Islands Distribution

View Distribution Map

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

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
P			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

Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
SYNONYMS: Aulostoma chinensis; Fistularia chinensis [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Gasterosteiformes; Syngnathoidei; Aulostomoida; Aulostomoidea; AULOSTOMIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: recorded (Clerk81); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Palmerston: Photo08 (G&S85); recorded (Preston95). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004. Suwarrow: several seen N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.81 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 19a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.69 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.119 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 15-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 16-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 243 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.
Please refer to our use policy.

Biodiversity Database: More Options | Help

My List: View List | Edit List | Clear List