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
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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
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Myripristis pralinia
Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829
—Scarlet soldierfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
Originally described from Port Praslin,
New Ireland
as
Myripristis pralinius
by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1829a: 170), based on MNHN 7834 (
holotype
); reported from St. Mathias as
Myripristis bleekeri
by
Duncker & Mohr (1929
: 71). MNHN and ZMH material. A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on
1 June 2013
during ACIAR Aquarium Survey; a video of a specimen taken south of New Hanover, at
4–51 m
depth, St. KR110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 3, 4.—General distribution: East Africa east to Line and Marquesas Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Found in caves or under ledges of reef flats, lagoon and seaward coral reefs,
2–50 m
depth. Marine.