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
77SDT
(Broussonet 1782)
Broussonet
1782
[151,617,1698,1723]
Actinopterygii
Polynemidae
Polydactylus
Animalia
Perciformes
172
173
Chordata
species
plebeius
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Matanalaua Riverand Drei Inseln Harbour, New Hanoverby Munro (1958: 158). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Philippines, Society Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Port Stephens (New South Wales), New Caledoniaand Tonga. Found on mud bottoms, including estuaries, 1–122 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.