Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856)

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 : 139

Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856) —Pyjama cardinalfish ( Fig. 61 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on USNM 394277 (25) from Nusa Island, Kavieng District; a specimen observed at Anelaua Island , New Hanover , 2–16 m depth, St. T 22, on 6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Aggregating among branching corals, often Porites , in coral-rich areas of sheltered bays and lagoons, 1–14 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 61. Nectamia viria Fraser 2008, Tigak Islands, Kavieng District, 3 Nov. 2006; in the background is Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856) (underwater photograph: Gerald Allen).