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
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journal article
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Bodianus dictynna
Gomon 2006
—Redfin hogfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
,
Kavieng District
,
18 m
depth, by
Dean Tully
on
9 July 2011
; a video of a specimen taken at
Nubilus Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
, at
3– 32 m
depth,
St. KR
88, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution:
Indonesia
east to Marshall and Phoenix island, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Solitary or in pairs, on slopes of seaward reefs,
5–37 m
depth. Marine.
Bodianus mesothorax
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
—Split-level hogfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a specimen photographed on
3 June 2013
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District
; a video of a specimen taken at
Nubilus Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
, at
3–32 m
depth,
St. KR
88, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea and
Indonesia
east to
Caroline Islands
and
Fiji
, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Found on slopes of seaward reefs and in passes,
1–40 m
depth. Marine.