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
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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
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Echeneis naucrates
Linnaeus 1758
—Live sharksucker
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a video of a specimen taken near Nusa Island, Kavieng District at
5–23 m
depth, St. KR8, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Found attached to a variety of hosts, including sharks, rays, large bony fishes or sea turtles, whales, dolphins,
0–85 m
depth. Marine.