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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Pteropsaron levitoni
Iwamoto 2014
—Leviton’s duckbill
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on
NTUM 11061
(
1 female
, 50.7 mm SL,
St. DW
4414-1, northeast of
Bangatang
),
NTUM 11214
(
1 female
, 53.4 mm SL,
St. DW
4456-16, northeast of
Bangatang
),
NTUM 11235
(
1 female
, 52.0 mm SL,
St. CP
4457-26, northeast of
Bangatang Island
),
NTUM 11330
(
1 male
, 38.5 mm SL,
St. CP
4492-8, off northwest coast of New Hanover), and
NTUM 11290
(
1 male
, 34.1 mm SL,
St. DW
4487-7, off northwest coast of
New Hanover
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution:
Philippines
to
Papua New Guinea
(
Morobe
,
New Britain
). Found on soft bottoms of the continental slope,
60–280 m
depth. Marine.
Remarks.
This species was recently recorded from
Morobe
and
New Britain
,
Papua New Guinea
by
Fricke (2015
: 4).