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
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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Aspidontus taeniatus
Quoy & Gaimard 1834
—False cleanerfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on
NTUM 11331
(
1 specimen
, 43.2 mm SL,
St. CP
4492-10, off northwest coast of
New Hanover
); a video of a specimen taken in
Steffen Channel
,
Kavieng District
,
St. KR
34, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall and Tuamotu islands, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern
Australia
. Found in coral reefs,
1–112 m
depth. Marine.
Remarks.
This represents a new depth record, as the species was previously only recorded from depths of
1– 25 m
depth.