Zenarchopteridae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 39-40

Zenarchopteridae

Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) —Buffon's river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.16670-019, I.16672-009). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. India east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Near the surface in coastal waters, estuaries and rivers, 0– 1 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 —Feathered river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 164). USNM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa and Madagascar east to Fiji and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus dunckeri Mohr, 1925 —Duncker's river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Duncker & Mohr (1926: 127). WAM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Andaman Islands east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus kampeni (Weber, 1913) —Sepik River halfbeak

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Parenti & Allen (1991: 138). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Endemic to northern Papua ( Indonesia) and northern Papua New Guinea, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.