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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360
4X7GC
Watson 1995
Watson
1995
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Actinopterygii
Gobiidae
Sicyopus
Animalia
Perciformes
288
289
Chordata
species
discordipinnis
Status at New Ireland.Originally described from Namamosa, New Hanover by Watson (1995: 273), based on NMBA 5075 ( 1 paratype); previously misidentified as Sicyopus balinense(non Bleeker 1856) by Koumans (1937: 24); record confirmed by Keith et al. (2015: 144–145).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Endemic to Papua New Guinea(main island, New Hanover, Bougainville). Found in lower reaches of clear coastal creeks and streams; larvae in adjacent marine habitats, 0–5 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.