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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journal article
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Scolopsis margaritifera
(Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830)
—Pearly monocle bream
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimens observed at
Kavieng
fish market by
Barry C. Russell
during
7–28 June 2014
; a video of a specimen taken off
Nubilus Island
, off
southeastern New Hanover
, at
3–32 m
depth,
St. KR
88, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
FIGURE 74
.
Scolopsis bilineata
(Bloch 1793)
, Kavieng District, ACIAR Aquarium Survey, 1 June 2013 (underwater photograph).
FIGURE 75
.
Scolopsis ciliata
(Lacepède 1802)
, Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 2 m depth, 22 June 2013 (underwater photograph: Dean Tully).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea east to
Philippines
and
Vanuatu
, north to
Taiwan
, south to northern
Australia
. Solitary or in groups, on sand bottoms adjacent to coastal or lagoon coral reefs,
2–25 m
depth. Marine.