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Dascyllus aruanus

Katoti

Humbug Dascyllus

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Humbug Dascyllus, White-tailed Damselfish, Humbug Damselfish, Threestripe Damselfish; German Dreibinden-Preussenfisch; French Demoiselle à Trois Bandes Noires, Demoiselle à Queue Blanche

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR MG MK AK TS TW), Kātoti^ (AT), Kō‘utu‘utu (MT), Kohohuapara Toretore (MH); Other Polynesian - Atoti (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to NSW

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - very common; N.Group - very common.; Marine, near-shore, lagoons, esp with branching corals

KEY FEATURES: To 8cm SL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon aruanus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: specimen (GVS75); field-specimen, NBSAP School, 12/2000, ID GM; fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo44 (G&S85). Manihiki: A686-10specimen (B&M74). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Dascyllus aruanus. Suwarrow: Photo44 (G&S85); field ID N.Sims (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.167 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 78a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.267 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.377 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 82-05 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 64-15 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 756 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

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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