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Stegastes fasciolatus

Pacific Gregory

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pacific Gregory, Dark Damsel, Yelloweye Damsel; German Indopazifischer Gregory; French Grégoire du Pacifique

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Katoti (TS TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Easter, Hawai‘i; n. to s.Japan; s. to n.NZ

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. (RR, SW); Marine, near-shore, lagoon and outer reef-slope

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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: 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

Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889)
SYNONYMS: Eupomacentrus fasciolatus; Pomacentrus fasciolatus [O]

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

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Photo 15m outer reef-slope Tikioki N.Sims, tentative ID J.E.Randall (Sims88); fieldsight+photo, north outer reef, numerous, 10/2001, ID M.Francis. Suwarrow: Photo lagoon N.Sims, tentative ID J.E.Randall (Sims EIA99).

References:
text p.175 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 87f Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.283 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.403 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 88-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 66-12 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, 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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