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
360
journal article
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Lethrinus harak
(Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)
—Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Carteret Harbour
,
Lambom
,
New Ireland
as
Lethrinus azureus
by
Valenciennes
[ex
Quoy
&
Gaimard
] in
Cuvier
&
Valenciennes
(1830b: 300), based on MNHN 9087.
First
recorded from
New Hanover
by
Peters (1877
: 834).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
, and by Barry C. Russell on
14 June 2014
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Marshall Islands
,
Samoa
and
Tonga
, north to southern
Japan
, south to Timor Sea (
Western Australia
),
New South Wales
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Found on various soft substrates associated with coral reefs,
1–20 m
depth. Marine.