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Related FAQs: The Fishes of the Cook Islands, Coverage of families in the Cooks: Surgeons, Doctorfishes, Tangs, Triggerfishes, Hawkfishes, Wrasses Related Articles: Introduction to Fishwatcher's Guide Series Pieces/Sections, /Fishwatching: Adventure Travel Series Pet-Fishing in the Cook Islands Long Version, Pt. V To: Pet-Fishing in the Cooks, Short Version, Longer Version: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part VI | |
Some So-So Cooks Butterflies Shown: Chaetodon ephippium, C. unimaculata, C. citrinellus, C. quadrimaculatus |  
 
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Poor Aquarium Butterflyfishes Shown: Chaetodon bennetti, C. flavirostris, C. pelewensis, C. lineolatus. |  
 
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More Poor Choice B/Fs Shown: Chaetodon ornatissimus, C. reticulatus, C. trifascialis, C. vagabundus. |  
 
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vN= 7, not reef-safe… will eat crustaceans. Shown: Cirrhitus pinnulatus, Neocirrhites armatus, Paracirrhites arcatus, P. forsteri. |  
 
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More Hawkfishes of the Cooks Shown: Paracirrhites forsteri, P. hemistictus |  
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vN= 21, with most being too large and/or ugly for aquarium use. Shown: Neoniphon sammara, Myripristis berndti, Sargocentron diadema, Myripristis violacea |  
 
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Wrasseland: the Cooks vN= 50 species! vSome of the best, worst of the family (for aquarium use) found here. vIncluding two bad Anampses species. Shown: Anampses caeruleopunctatus, A. geographicus |  
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Shown: Bodianus anthioides, B. axillaris, juvenile and sub-adult B. bilunulatus, not shown, and rare in the Cooks, B. loxozonus |  
 
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Shown: Cheilinus chlorurus, C. fasciatus, C. trilobatus, Oxycheilinus unifasciatus. Not shown, the humungous Napoleon, C. undulatus and Cheeklined Wrasse, O. digrammus. |  
 
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