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
6WC93
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Bloch & Schneider
1801
[151,713,1636,1661]
Actinopterygii
Balistidae
Pseudobalistes
Animalia
Tetraodontiformes
322
323
Chordata
species
fuscus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island, southeast of New Hanover, at 6–21 mdepth, St. KR124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marshall Islandsand Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to Australiaand New Caledonia. Solitary in sheltered reefs, lagoon and on seaward reef slopes, 1–50 mdepth. Marine.