Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
Author
Kinch, Jeff
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Mana, Ralph
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Russell, Barry C.
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Tully, Dean
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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1
360
journal article
26780
10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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Spratelloides gracilis
(Temminck & Schlegel 1846)
—
Silver-stripe round herring
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Hanover
by
Dalzell (1985
: 230); specimens observed north of
Nusalomon Island
,
Kavieng District
,
1–24 m
depth,
St. T
1, on
30 Oct. 2006
, by
Gerald R. Allen
; also at
Balang Island
, New Hanover,
1–18 m
depth,
St. T
21,
7 Nov. 2006
, by
Gerald R. Allen
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to
Samoa
and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern
Japan
, south to
Western Australia
and
Queensland
(
Australia
). Pelagic, schooling in inshore waters near reefs,
0–40 m
depth. Marine.