Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Author
Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
Author
Kinch, Jeff
Author
Mana, Ralph
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Tully, Dean
Author
White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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journal article
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Sargocentron diadema
(Lacepède [ex Commerson] 1802)—Crown squirrelfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Lihir Group
,
Namatamai District
,
New Ireland
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129). A specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
,
Kavieng District
,
6 m
depth, by
Dean Tully
on
17 Sept. 2012
; a video of a specimen taken on east side of
Tsoileunung Island
, southeast of
New Hanover
, at
6–21 m
depth,
St. KR
124, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
east to Hawaiian Islands and
Pitcairn
Group, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to Western Australia at
17°30'S
, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, and Austral Islands. Found in shallow coral and rocky reefs, including tidal pools,
0–60 m
depth. Marine.