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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Acanthurus mata
(Cuvier 1829)
—Yellow-mask surgeonfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimens observed at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
; a video of a specimen taken at
Martha's Shoal
, east of
New Hanover
,
St. KR
154, at
6–20 m
depth, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and western Mascarenes east to Tuamotu and Marquesas islands, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
) and Lord Howe Island. Found on steep slopes, often in turbid waters, generally in the vicinity of coral reefs or rocky bottoms, often aggregating to feed on zooplankton,
3–100 m
depth. Marine.