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
4BJDC
(Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847)
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes
1847
[151,1042,1052,1077]
Actinopterygii
Hemiramphidae
Oxyporhamphus
Animalia
Beloniformes
78
79
Chordata
species
micropterus
Status at New Ireland.Originally described from Carteret Harbour, New Irelandas Exocoetus micropterusby Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1847: 127), based on MNHN material; subsequently reported as Oxyporhamphus argenteusfrom Cape Lambert-Kalili Harbour and near Cape St. George, New Ireland, by Munro (1958: 138); reported from New Hanover and islands in Namatanai District by Parin et al. (1980: fig. 47 opposite p. 154).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 3, 5.—General distribution: East Africa east to Panama, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia, 0–6 mdepth. Marine.