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
360
journal article
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Etelis carbunculus
Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828
—Deep-water red snapper
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Kavieng,
New Ireland
by Kailola (1987b: 292); subsequently reported from Lihir Group,
Namatamai District
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by
Barry C. Russell
on
14 June 2014
. KFRS material.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa,
Comores
,
Seychelles
and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands,
Line Islands
(
Kiribati
) and Austral Islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to off Kimberleys (Western Australia),
New Caledonia
, northern
New Zealand
, and
Tonga
. Found above rock bottom,
90–400 m
depth. Marine.