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Sargocentron tiere

Tukoro? (MH)

Bluelined Squirrelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish, Red Squirrelfish; German Blaustreifen-Husar; French Poisson-écureuil de Palau

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (AT AK), Tukoro ?Tūkoro (PL), Tūkolo (TS), Tūkoro (TW), Tukoro (MH), Malauloa (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Ducie, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Australs

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

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Sargocentron tiere (Cuvier 1829)
SYNONYMS: Adioryx tiere; Holocentrum tiere [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Beryciformes; Holocentroidei; HOLOCENTRIDAE, Holocentrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 3 specimens set gillnet Avatiu Pass., to BPBM, ID Sims confirmed Randall (Sims88). Mangaia: specimen, NBSAP, 9/2000, ID I.Bertram/N.Roi/GM; Teanaturaºa , Tawaºena, both lagoon & beyond the reef, CAS72019 (DSM58). Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Palmerston: reported (Preston95 p51). Manihiki: 1 specimen #A685, as Holocentrus tiere (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sargocentron tiere.

References:
text p.80 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 18d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.68 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.108 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 14-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 14-13 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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