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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Stethojulis strigiventer
(Bennett 1833)
—Three-ribbon wrasse
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
; previously misidentified from New Hanover as
Platyglossus trilineatus
(non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) by
Peters (1877
: 843); reported as
Halichoeres timorensis
(non Bleeker, 1852) by
Munro (1958
: 237); a video of a specimen taken in Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, at
3–13 m
depth, St. KD83, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to Marshall, Tuamotu and Gambier islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to Lord Howe Island,
Tonga
and Austral Islands. Found in seagrass beds and areas of mixed sand, rubble, and algae of inner coral reef flats and shallow lagoons,
1–15 m
depth. Marine.