Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Andréfouët, Serge
Chen, Wei-Jen
Kinch, Jeff
Mana, Ralph
Russell, Barry C.
Tully, Dean
White, William T.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
1
1
360
6G5NL
(Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775)
Forsskal in Niebuhr
1775
[151,782,1052,1077]
Actinopterygii
Serranidae
Epinephelus
Animalia
Perciformes
116
117
Chordata
species
fuscoguttatus
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Tigak Islands, Kavieng, New Irelandby Wright & Richards (1985: 73); specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005, and collected by Barry C. Russellon 14 and 21 June 2014; a specimen observed at Nemto Island, New Hanover, 1–50 mdepth, St. T23, on 7 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia, New Caledoniaand Tonga. Found on coral reefs (juveniles in seagrass beds), 0–60 mdepth. Marine.