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Chromis acares

Midget Chromis

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Midget Chromis; German Zwerg-Chromis; French Chromis Nabot

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE PNG - Tuamotus, Hawai‘i; n. to N.Marianas; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; 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

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

Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff, 1973
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; POMACENTRIDAE, Chrominae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: HOLOTYPE specimen, Avatiu 20m off tanker buoys at harbor entrance, BPBM 13823, with ID as Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff, 1973. Aitutaki: field sighting ID Angus Thompson 1994 v.common.

References:
Special Reference: Randall & Swerdloff 1973, A review of the damselfish genus $Chromis@ from the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of three new species. Pacific Science v.27(4):327-349.

text p.165 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 75a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.255 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.385 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 78-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

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

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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