Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
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Kinch, Jeff
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Mana, Ralph
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Russell, Barry C.
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Tully, Dean
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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Prognichthys brevipinnis
(Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847
)
—Shortfin flyingfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
Originally described from Carteret Harbour,
New Ireland
as
Exocoetus brevipinnis
by Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes (1847
: 123), based on MNHN 0 602 (
holotype
); subsequently reported from off the south coast of
New Ireland
, as
Prognichthys gibbifrons
(non Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
), by
Munro (1958
: 138).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 3.—General distribution: East Africa east to
Palau
and
Fiji
, north to Ryukyu Islands. Epipelagic in oceanic waters,
0–20 m
depth. Marine.