Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Andréfouët, Serge
Chen, Wei-Jen
Kinch, Jeff
Mana, Ralph
Russell, Barry C.
Tully, Dean
White, William T.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
1
1
360
79Y7Z
(Bleeker 1857)
Bleeker
1857
[151,643,295,320]
Actinopterygii
Ophichthidae
Scolecenchelys
Animalia
Anguilliformes
53
54
Chordata
species
macroptera
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from St. Mathiasas Muraenichthys macropterusby Duncker & Mohr (1929: 81), based on ZMH 15549.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 4.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Sand bottom near reefs, 1–20 mdepth. Marine.