WoRMS taxon details
Chrysiptera rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970)
276838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276838)
accepted
Species
Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970 · unaccepted
Glyphidodontops rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970) Greenfield, D. W.; Hensley, D. A. (1970). Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) of Easter Island, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Copeia 1970.</em> (4): 689-695., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1442311 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chrysiptera rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276838 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970) Greenfield, D. W.; Hensley, D. A. (1970). Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) of Easter Island, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Copeia 1970.</em> (4): 689-695., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1442311 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Glyphidodontops rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysiptera rapanui)
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Glyphidodontops rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970))
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 73 proteins) (from synonym Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera rapanui FIN032388 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera rapanui FIN032388B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Glyphidodontops rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysiptera rapanui)
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Glyphidodontops rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970))
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 73 proteins) (from synonym Abudefduf rapanui Greenfield & Hensley, 1970)
To GenBank (75 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera rapanui FIN032388 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chrysiptera rapanui FIN032388B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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