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Stegastes albifasciatus

Katoti

Whitebar Gregory

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Whitebar Gregory, Brown Damselfish; German Weissband-Gregory; French Grégoire Sombre

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (AK); Other Polynesian - Atoti (TAH)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Seychelles - Tuamotus; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

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

KEY FEATURES: To 13cm SL.

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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

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

Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel and Müller, 1839)
SYNONYMS: Eupomacentrus albofasciatus [of G&S85 on SW]; Pomacentrus albifasciatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Aitutaki: fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Palmerston: Photo46 as Eupomacentrus albofasciatus (G&S85). Manihiki: Photo lagoon 1-3m ID N.Sims, confirmed J.E.Randall (Sims88). Suwarrow: field ID N.Sims (Sims88 & EIA99).

References:
text p.175 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 87d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.283 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.404 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 88-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
Species No. 736 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM06a, 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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