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
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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1
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journal article
26780
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Neoniphon argenteus
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831
)
—Clearfin squirrelfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Ireland
as
Holocentrum laeve
by
Peters (1877
: 835). A specimen photographed in
Kavieng region
on
3 June 2013
during ACIAR Aquarium Survey.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2, 3.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northwestern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Found among branching corals in coral-rich areas of reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs,
0–20 m
depth. Marine.