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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Iwamoto 2014
Iwamoto
2014
[151,560,1491,1516]
Actinopterygii
Percophidae
Pteropsaron
Animalia
Perciformes
252
253
Chordata
species
levitoni
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11061( 1 female, 50.7 mm SL, St. DW4414-1, northeast of Bangatang), NTUM 11214( 1 female, 53.4 mm SL, St. DW4456-16, northeast of Bangatang), NTUM 11235( 1 female, 52.0 mm SL, St. CP4457-26, northeast of Bangatang Island), NTUM 11330( 1 male, 38.5 mm SL, St. CP4492-8, off northwest coast of New Hanover), and NTUM 11290( 1 male, 34.1 mm SL, St. DW4487-7, off northwest coast of New Hanover).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Philippinesto Papua New Guinea( Morobe, New Britain). Found on soft bottoms of the continental slope, 60–280 mdepth. Marine.
Remarks.This species was recently recorded from Morobeand New Britain, Papua New Guineaby Fricke (2015: 4).