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
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Amphiprion percula
(
Lacepède 1802
)
—Clown anemonefish
Status at
New Ireland
.
Originally described as
Lutjanus percula
from Port Praslin,
New Ireland
by
Lacepède (1802
: 194, 239–240); reported from
New Ireland
by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1830a: 397–398), based on MNHN material, from Port Praslin,
New Ireland
as
Amphiprion tunicatus
by
Lesson (1831
: 192–194, poissons pl. 25, fig. 3), and from St. Mathias and Kavieng,
New Ireland
by
Duncker & Mohr (1929
: 68). A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on
5 June 2013
during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (
Teitelbaum
et al
. 2013
: 9, 14); specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon; a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, at
3–16 m
depth, St. KR98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 3, 4.—General distribution: New
Guinea
east to
Solomon Islands
and
Vanuatu
, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Found in coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward coral reefs, commensal with sea anemones,
1–15 m
depth. Marine.