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Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus

Jewel Damsel

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Jewel Damsel, Whitespotted Devil, Yellowtail; German Juwelen-Riffbarsch; French Demoiselle à Points Bleus, Demoiselle Mouchetée

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; RR, uncommon. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, outer reef-slope 10-25m, east & southeast

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
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

Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
SYNONYMS: Abudefduf lacrymatus; Glyphisodon lacrymatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen 20m outer reef-slope Muri ID N.Sims, to BPBM confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.172 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 84a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.274 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
plate 77-09 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 66-03 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p392 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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