Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5581098 |
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Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 |
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Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 View in CoL —Vanikoro sweeper
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 20 m depth, by Dean Tully on 8 July 2011; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island , off eastern New Hanover , 3–25 m depth, St. KR 90, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Found in coral and rocky reefs, hiding in caves during the day; also entering estuaries and freshwater streams, 1–25 m depth. Marine.
Remark. As the genus Pempheris is currently being revised by John E. Randall and collaborators, the classification of this species is provisional and may change at a later stage.
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