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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Cetoscarus ocellatus
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840
)
—Spotted parrotfish (
Fig. 112
)
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a specimen photographed on
4 June 2013
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District
; specimens observed at
Kavieng
fish market by
Barry C. Russell
during
7–21 June 2014
; a specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
29 Aug. 2010
; a video of a specimen taken at
Echuca Shoal
,
New Hanover
,
15–34 m
depth,
St. KR
158, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa,
Madagascar
and western Mascarenes east to Caroline and Gambier islands, south to Western Australia,
New Caledonia
, and
Tonga
. Found in clear lagoon and seaward coral reefs,
0–30 m
depth. Marine.