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
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Pomacanthus xanthometopon
(Bleeker 1853)
—Yellow-mask angelfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a specimen photographed on
2 June 2013
, first dive, during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey
at
Kavieng
(see
Teitelbaum
et al
. 2013
: 14, as
P. xanthometapon
); a specimen observed at
Kavieng
fish market by
Barry C. Russell
on
14 June 2014
. A specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
22 Aug. 2008
; a video of a specimen taken on east side of
Tsoileunung Island
, southeast of
New Hanover
, at
6–21 m
depth,
St. KR
124, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—
Maldives
and Chagos Archipelago east to
Philippines
and
Vanuatu
, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Found in coral-rich areas of coral reefs,
5–30 m
depth. Marine.