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
6G5PW
Bloch 1793
Bloch
1793
[151,509,1401,1426]
Actinopterygii
Serranidae
Epinephelus
Animalia
Perciformes
117
118
Chordata
species
merra
Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Irelandby Peters (1877: 831); subsequently reported from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Irelandby Fry et al. (2006: 130). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell on 21 and 28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Pass, east of New Hanover at 5–12 mdepth, St. KR114, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). ZMB material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to WakeAtoll and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, Tongaand Rapa. Found in shallow protected and seaward coral reefs and lagoons, including tidal pools, 0–50 mdepth. Marine.