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
6RRFG
Jordan & Evermann
1903
non Jordan & Evermann
1903
[151,366,1290,1315]
Actinopterygii
Holocentridae
Myripristis
Animalia
Beryciformes
80
81
Chordata
species
berndti
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from New Irelandby Allen & Erdmann (2012: 168). Specimensobserved at Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Survey, and by Barry C. Russellon 21 and 28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Patio Island, southeast of New Hanoverat 5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africaeast to Costa Rica, north to Ryukyu, Ogasawara and Midway islands, south to Western Australia at 22°S, Lord Howe and Kermadec islands, and Rapa. Found in coral-rich areas of subtidal reef flats, channels and margins of outer reef slopes, and also on rocky reefs, hiding in holes and crevices during the day, 1–50 mdepth. Marine.