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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Centropyge multifasciata
(Smith & Radcliffe 1911)
—Multi-barred angelfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Tigak Islands, Kavieng District,
New Ireland
, by
Allen & Erdmann (2012
: 542). Specimens photographed in Kavieng region on
3–5 June 2013
during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see
Teitelbaum
et al
. 2013
: 14, as
Paracentropyge multiflasciatusus
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and
Indonesia
east to Society Islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Solitary or in small groups, in caves or under ledges of seaward coral reefs,
7–70 m
depth. Marine.