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
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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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Pomacanthus semicirculatus
(Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831
)
—Semicircle angelfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Port Praslin,
New Ireland
as
Holacanthus semicirculatus
by Cuvier in
Cuvier & Valenciennes (1831
: 191), based on MNHN material; reported as
Holacanthus semi-circulatus
by
Lesson (1831
: 173, poissons pl. 30, fig. 3). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District,
10 m
depth, by Dean Tully on
24 June 2013
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Samoa
and
Tonga
, north to southern
Japan
, south to
Western Australia
,
New South Wales
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Juveniles found in tidal pools, semi-protected channels and on outer reef flats; adults under ledges and in caves of coral-rich lagoon and seaward reefs,
1–30 m
depth. Marine.