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
Author
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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Lutjanus boutton
(
Lacepède 1802
)
—Boutton snapper
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Lihir Group
,
Namatamai District
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
, and photographed by
Barry C. Russell
on
14 June 2014
; a video of a specimen taken at
Nubilus Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
,
3–25 m
depth,
St. KR
90, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution:
Indonesia
east to
Samoa
, north to southern
Japan
. Found in coastal reefs, lagoons, and on seaward reef slopes,
3–20 m
depth. Marine.