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
6J77G
Ruppell 1838
Ruppell
1838
[151,585,1974,1999]
Actinopterygii
Fistulariidae
Fistularia
Animalia
Syngnathiformes
96
97
Chordata
species
commersonii
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11407( 1 specimen, 110.0 mm SL, St. KR30, Kavieng
Harbour, Kavieng District, 2°35.472S 150°47.211’E, 6 mdepth, 6 June 2014); previously misidentified from St. Mathias as Fistularia villosa(non Klunzinger, 1871) by Duncker & Mohr (1925: 4), based on ZMH 11923; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, at 7–41 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africaeast to Panama, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern New Zealand; also southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Found above soft bottoms adjacent to coral and rocky reefs, at depths of 1–128 mdepth. Marine.