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Chrysiptera glauca

Katoti

Grey Demoiselle

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Grey Demoiselle, Grey Damsel, Blue Damsel; German Graue Demoiselle; French Demoiselle Grise

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR MK AK), Ō‘ū (MG), Kō‘utu‘utu (MT), Papata (PK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: N.Group and AK. Reef-flats and rubble zones.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 11cm SL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830)
SYNONYMS: Abudefduf glaucus; Glyphidodontops glaucus; Glyphisodon glaucus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: Taratara, Keia District, shallow lagoon 1m, CAS55957 (DSM58); specimen, College, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Aitutaki: field ID N.Sims (Sims88); field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM. Manihiki: A781-12specimens, A958-5, as Abudefduf glaucus (B&M74). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.170 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 81a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.264 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.394 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 82-03 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 62-02 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p394 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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