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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1
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journal article
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Aurigequula longispina
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835
)
—Longspine ponyfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover as
Equula decora
by
Munro (1958
: 197).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1.—General distribution:
Seychelles
,
Réunion
(Mascarenes) and
India
east to
Palawan
(
Philippines
) and New
Guinea
, north to Gulf of
Thailand
, south to Onslow (Western Australia). Schooling in coastal waters,
1–30 m
depth. Marine.