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
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Arothron nigropunctatus
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
—Black-spotted puffer (
Fig. 176
)
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Ireland
by
De Vis
(1884: 457); previously misidentified from
New Ireland
as
Tetrodon immaculatus
(non
Bloch
&
Schneider
1801) by
Peters (1877
: 853).
Specimens
photographed in
Kavieng region
on
2–4 June 2013
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey
; a specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
10 June 2009
; another photographed by
Serge Andréfouët
off the southern tip of
Bauddisson Island
,
Kavieng District
, St. KVG15, on
17 Aug. 2014
; a video of a specimen taken off
Nubilus Island
, off
southeastern New Hanover
, at
3–32 m
depth,
St. KR
88, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to Line and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to
New South Wales
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Found on coastal to seaward reef crest and slope habitats with rich invertebrate growth,
3–25 m
depth. Marine.