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
Author
Kinch, Jeff
Author
Mana, Ralph
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Tully, Dean
Author
White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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journal article
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Chelidoperca tosaensis
Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams 2017
—Tosa perchlet (
Fig. 53
)
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
from
Papua New Guinea
, based on
NTUM 11300
(
1 specimen
, 59.1 mm SL,
St. CP
4489-14, northwest of
New Hanover
), and
NTUM 11364
(
1 specimen
, 57.4 mm SL,
St. CP
4501-7, 5.3 km westnorthwest of
Kavieng
).
FIGURE 53
.
Chelidoperca tosaensis
Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams 2017
, St. CP4501-7, westnorthwest of Kavieng, 175–197 m depth (NTUM 11364) (photograph by Jhen-Nien Chen, taken immediately after collection).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: New
Guinea
and
Philippines
north to southern
Japan
. Found on soft bottoms on the continental shelf,
60–302 m
depth. Marine.
Remarks.
The
New Ireland
specimens well agree with typical material of
C. tosaensis
, recently described by
Matsunuma
et al
. (2017)
.