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Dascyllus reticulatus

Katoti

Reticulated Dascyllus

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Reticulated Dascyllus, Reticulated Damselfish; German Pazifik-Preussenfisch; French Dascyllus Réticulé, Demoiselle réticulée

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indonesia - Australs; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - rare; N.Group - present; Marine, near-shore, lagoon

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group: Present
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

Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846)
SYNONYMS: Heliases reticulatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, 2004/06, M.Francis with ID as Dascyllus flavicaudus, abundance +. Suwarrow: fieldspecimen+photo, 1981/09, photo 45 in Grange and Singleton, 1985, with ID as Dascyllus reticulatus; fieldspecimen+photo, 2005, G.McDonald, with ID G.McCormack Dascyllus reticulatus, 2005.

References:
text p.168 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 78c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.268 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.378 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 82-12 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 64-14 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 758 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM06a

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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