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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Sufflamen chrysopterum
(Bloch & Schneider 1801)
—Flagtail triggerfish, halfmoon triggerfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Hanover
as
Balistes niger
by
Günther (1910
: 439). A specimen photographed at
Lissenung Island
,
Kavieng District
,
6 m
depth, by Dean Tully on
22 June 2013
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Samoa
, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island. Found in coastal to seaward coral and rocky reefs, from silty lagoons to pristine outer reef walls,
1–30 m
depth. Marine.