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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Sphyraena jello
Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829
—Pickhandle barracuda (
Fig. 150
)
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Kavieng
,
New Ireland
by
Munro (1958
: 149).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
, and by
Barry C. Russell
on
7 June 2014
.
Specimens
photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
8 Feb. 2007
and
13 Oct. 2007
; a video of a specimen taken at
Anelaua Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
, at
3–16 m
depth,
St. KR
98, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
east to
Tonga
, south to
New Caledonia
. Found in lagoon and seaward reefs, including bays and estuaries,
2–200 m
depth. Transitional water and marine.