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Myripristis berndti

Kū

Bigscale Soldierfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bigscale Soldierfish, Blotcheye Soldierfish; German Grossschuppen-Soldatenfisch; French Myripristis de Berndt

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kū Mata-nui (MG), Mānui (AT), Kū Ngararā (MK MT), Māpoto (AK), Malau / Marau? (PL), Nato (TS TW), Malau Talakura (MH), Malau Ngutupoto (PK); Other Polynesian - Iihi (TAH)

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

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

KEY FEATURES: To 30cm SL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
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

Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann, 1903
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beryciformes; Holocentroidei; HOLOCENTRIDAE, Myripristinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Randall & Greenfield 1996, Indopacific Fishes (25):1-61. Rarotonga: specimen set gillnet Avatiu Pass., ID Sims (Sims88); BPBM1968. Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP 9/2000, MMR staff & GM. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Mauke: field-specimen, College collection, 3/2001, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Palmerston: recorded (Preston95 p51). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.75 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 14e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.61 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.115 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 12-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 15-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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