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
26780
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Acanthurus olivaceus
Bloch & Schneider
[ex Forster] 1801—Orangeband surgeonfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimens observed at
Kavieng
fish market by
Barry C. Russell
on
21 and 28 June 2014
; a video of a specimen taken off
Pochol Island
, east of
New Hanover
, at
6–7 m
depth,
St. KD
62, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and
Indonesia
east to Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern
Australia
and Lord Howe Island. Found above sand bottoms near reefs,
3–46 m
depth. Marine.