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Chromis vanderbilti

Katoti

Vanderbilt's Chromis

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Vanderbilt's Chromis, Blackfin Damsel, Vanderbilt's Chromis; German Vanderbilts Chromis; French Chromis de Vanderbilt

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Philippines - Pitcairn, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to Norfolk

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 5cm SL.(RM91) [ 6cm - GBR]

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
					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 vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)
SYNONYMS: Pycnochromis vanderbilti [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: field sighting ID Angus Thompson 1994 v.common.

References:
text p.167 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 77a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.261 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.385 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 78-06 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, 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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