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
KH7P
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Bloch & Schneider
1801
[151,743,942,967]
Actinopterygii
Balistidae
Balistoides
Animalia
Tetraodontiformes
320
321
Chordata
species
conspicillum
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from New Irelandas Balistes conspicillumby Lesson (1831: 112, poissons pl. 9, fig. 1). Specimensphotographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon 17 Apr. 2007and 6 Apr. 2008; a video of a specimen taken off Patio Island, southeast of New Hanoverat 5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East and South Africa, Seychellesand Mascarenes east to Samoa, north to southern Hokkaido( Japan) and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island. Found in clear seaward coral and rocky reefs adjacent to steep dropoffs, 1–75 mdepth. Marine.