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Myripristis kuntee

Pearly Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pearly Soldierfish, Epaulette Soldierfish, Kuntee Soldierfish, Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, surge zone to 30+m

KEY FEATURES: To 20cmSL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

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

Myripristis kuntee Cuvier, 1831
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beryciformes; Holocentroidei; HOLOCENTRIDAE, Myripristinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldsight+photo, 6/2004, ne. of Avana Harbour, by M.Francis, ID from photo by J.Randall as Myripristis kuntee, 7/2004.

References:
text p.76 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 15b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.62 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.114 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 12-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB04b, zM05a

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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