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Pomacentrus pavo

Katoti

Blue Damsel

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blue Damsel, Blue Damsel, Blue Puller, Sapphire Damselfish; German Pfauen-Demoiselle; French Demoiselle Saphir

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (RR AK), Kō‘utu‘utu (MT); Other Polynesian - Atoti (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotus; n. to Taiwan; s. to Lord Howe

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group only. (SW and MH) PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, lagoon, to 5m

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
					+++

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
	P		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

Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787)
SYNONYMS: Chaetodon pavo [O]; Pomacentrus suvarovensis [Stead1907, specimen Suwarrow Is.]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: fieldsight-detail, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Manihiki: Photos 1-3m lagoon ID Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Pomacentrus pavo. Suwarrow: n.sp. Pomacentrus suvarovensis for 5x A.G.Hobbs specimens (Stead 1907), reID N.Sims (Sims EIA99); Photos 5m lagoon ID Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88).

References:
text p.174 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 86b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.279 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.403 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 85-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 67-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 727 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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