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Chromis viridis

Katoti

Blue-green Chromis

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blue-green Chromis, Blue-green Reeffish, Blue-green Puller, Blue-green Damselfish; German Blaugrüner Chromis; French Chromis Bleu-vent, Demoiselle Bleue

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR MG AK), Katoti^ (AT), Pokarakara (MK), Kō‘utu‘utu (MT), Pīsā (TS TW), Papata? (PK); Other Polynesian - Atoti (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group and N.Group. Very common in sheltered lagoon areas, less common on outer reef slope. Associated; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 9cm SL.

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

Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Chromis caerulea [formerly, invalidated by ICZooNom.]; Pomacentrus viridis [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimen as Chromis caeruleus (GVS75), reID Sims (Sims88); fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo50 as Chromis caeruleus (G&S85), reID N.Sims (Sims88); Listed (Preston95). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Chromis viridis. Suwarrow: Photo50 as Chromis caeruleus (G&S85), reID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.167 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 77b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.261 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.383 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 78-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 64-08 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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