Pterois radiata Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 101

Pterois radiata Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829 —Clearfin lionfish ( Fig. 42 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District , 10 m depth, by Dean Tully on 6 July 2010.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa east to Marshall, northern Line and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found solitary in coral reef crevices, 1–30 m depth. Marine.

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FIGURE 42. Pterois radiata Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829, Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 10 m depth, 6 July 2010 (underwater photograph: Dean Tully).