Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
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Kinch, Jeff
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Mana, Ralph
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Russell, Barry C.
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Tully, Dean
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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Scorpaenodes kelloggi
(Jenkins 1903)
—Minor scorpionfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on
NTUM 11459
(
1 specimen
, 28.1 mm SL,
St. KF
1, west of
Nago Island
,
Kavieng District
,
3 June 2014
), and
NTUM 11452
(
1 specimen
, 56.6 mm SL,
St.
KM5
,
Povalal
, northeast coast,
Kavieng District
,
02°40.976’S
150°56.961’E
, intertidal,
11 June 2014
). A specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
by Dietmar Amon on
24 May 2009
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Society and Marquesas islands, north to
Philippines
. Found in coral and rubble habitats,
1–24 m
depth. Marine.