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
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6KXG5
(Quoy & Gaimard 1834)
Quoy & Gaimard
1834
[151,741,1326,1351]
Actinopterygii
Labridae
Halichoeres
Animalia
Perciformes
230
231
Chordata
species
trimaculatus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, 1–19 mdepth, St. T5, on 31 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen; also at Balang Island, New Hanover, 0–18 mdepth, St. T21, on 6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands east to Line Islands and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms with isolated coral heads, 1–18 mdepth. Marine.