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
4V3NM
(Kner 1868)
Kner
1868
[151,461,1015,1040]
Actinopterygii
Scaridae
Scarus
Animalia
Perciformes
245
246
Chordata
species
spinus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover, at 4–51 mdepth, St. KR110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Central Indonesiaeast to Marshall Islandsand Samoa, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Solitary, in coastal and seaward coral reefs, 2–25 mdepth. Marine.