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
449L9
(Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775)
Forsskal in Niebuhr
1775
[151,743,439,464]
Actinopterygii
Lethrinidae
Monotaxis
Animalia
Perciformes
172
173
Chordata
species
grandoculis
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Carteret Harbour, Lambom, New Irelandby Peters (1877: 834). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellduring 7–28 June 2014; others photographed at St. KVG18 (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouëton 18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 mdepth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Hawaiian and Line islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to Exmouth Gulf ( Western Australia) and Queensland( Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga, Austral and Gambier islands. Found on sand and rubble areas near coral and rocky reefs, 1–60 mdepth. Marine.