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
55ZP7
(Lay & Bennett 1839)
Lay & Bennett
1839
[151,749,1412,1437]
Actinopterygii
Labridae
Thalassoma
Animalia
Perciformes
238
239
Chordata
species
quinquevittatum
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken in Steffen Channel, Kavieng District, St. KR34, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); a specimen observed at Nemto Island, New Hanover, 4–15 mdepth, St. T23, on 7 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa and South Africaeast to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledoniaand Tonga. Found in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1–18 mdepth. Marine.