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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Lutjanus fulviflamma
(Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)
—Blackspot snapper
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Lihir Group
,
Namatamai District
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
,
and by
Barry
C.
Russell
on
14 June 2014
.
Specimens
photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
20 June 2009
;
a video of a specimen taken off
Nubilus Island
, off
southeastern New Hanover
, at
3–32 m
depth,
St. KR
88, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
NTUM 11205
(
1 specimen
, juvenile, northeast of
Bangatang
,
Kavieng District
,
2°35.7'S 150°37.9'E2°23.4'S 150°37' E
,
60–72 m
depth, R/V
Alis
,
St.
CP4455-49,
2 Sept. 2014
)
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Philippines
,
Samoa
and
Tonga
, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia and Lord Howe Island. Found in coral reefs including sheltered lagoons, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers and streams,
0–60 m
depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.