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
7G5VR
(Smith 1957)
Smith
1957
[151,540,1124,1149]
Actinopterygii
Lethrinidae
Wattsia
Animalia
Perciformes
172
173
Chordata
species
mossambica
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Irelandby Fry et al. (2006: 129). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa east to Philippines, Wallis and Futunaand Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found in deep reefs at the outer edge of the continental shelf, 100–200 mdepth. Marine.