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Pomacentrus vaiuli

Katoti

Princess Damsel

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Princess Damsel, Ocellate Damselfish [name vaiuli is derived from the Samoan name Tu'u'u'vaiuli]; German Prinzessinnen-Demoiselle; French Demoiselle Princesse

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (AK)

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

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; N.Group. PLUS:; Marine, near-shore, Shallow lagoons & reef-flats, over rubble

KEY FEATURES: Can have yellow Pectoral fin (GMc00 from S.Afsenius & Lieske)

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				+++

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 vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; POMACENTRIDAE, Pomacentrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manihiki: Photos lagoon ID J.E.Randall (Sims88). Suwarrow: Photos lagoon ID J.E.Randall (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.174 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 87a Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.281 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.402 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 85-15 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 66-10 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

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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