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Centropyge flavissima

Katoti

Lemonpeel Angelfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Lemonpeel Angelfish, Lemonpeel; German Zitronen-Zwergkaiser; French Pelure de Citron, Poisson-ange Citron

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (MG AT AK), Kō‘utu‘utu Renga (MT), Tītī (TS TW), Papata [?species] (PK); Other Polynesian - Paraharaha (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cocos - Pitcairn, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Very common. Lagoons, reef-flat and outer slope to 20m.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 14cm SL.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831)
SYNONYMS: Holacanthus flavissimus [O]; Centropyge flavissimus [misspelling]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; POMACANTHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo41 (G&S85); Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Centropyge flavissimus. Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.160 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 70a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.238 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.357 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 68-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 60-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, 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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