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Chrysiptera cyanea ?IDSims88

Katoti

Blue Devil

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blue Devil, Sapphire Devil, Cornflower Sergeantmajor; German Saphir-Demoiselle; French Demoiselle Bleue

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Samoa - Cooks?; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: SW (Sims, photo); Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 6cm SL.(RM91) [ 9cm - GBR]

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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

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

Chrysiptera cyanea ?IDSims88 (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) ?1824
SYNONYMS: Glyphidodontops cyaneus; Glyphisodon cyaneus [O];

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Suwarrow: Photo 2m depth lagoon ID J.E.Randall "possibly" cyanea (Sims88).

References:
text p.170 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 80g Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.263 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.392 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 81-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 62-01 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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