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Scarus niger ?ID

Wūniokila (PK)

Swarthy Parrotfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Swarthy Parrotfish, Dusky Parrotfish, Masked Parrotfish, Black Parrotfish; German Schwarzer Papageifisch; French Perroquet Brun, Perroquet Noir

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Wūniokila [?species] (PK); Other Polynesian - Paati Opara (TAH), Pakoti (TUA)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Societies; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Needs confirmation on PK (GM 1/2004); Marine, near-shore

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

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

Scarus niger ?ID Forsskål, 1775
SYNONYMS: Callydon niger

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; SCARIDAE, Scarinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.196 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 110a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.351 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.481 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 106-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 82-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 838 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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.
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