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Chromis atripectoralis

Kō‘utu‘utu (MT)

Black-axil Chromis

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Black-axil Chromis, Blackfin Chromis; German Schwarzachsel-Chromis; French Chromis à Zone Axillaire Noire

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kō‘utu‘utu (MT), Katoti (AK), Pīsā (TS TW), Kamotu (MH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE GBR - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

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

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951
SYNONYMS: [Commonly confused with Chromis viridis]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; POMACENTRIDAE, Chrominae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: field ID 3m depth lagoon N.Sims (Sims88). Suwarrow: specimen 3m depth Baby Patch-Reef ID N.Sims, to BPBM, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.166 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 75h Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.257 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.383 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 78-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 64-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p399 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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