Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records
Author
Fricke, Ronald
Author
Allen, Gerald R.
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Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
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Hamel, Mélanie A.
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Laboute, Pierre
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Mana, Ralph
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Hui, Tan Heok
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Uyeno, Daisuke
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Zootaxa
2014
3832
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journal article
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Scombridae
Grammatorcynus bilineatus
(Rüppell, 1836)
—Double-lined mackerel
STATUS AT MADANG.
New record
from Madang, based on specimens observed by G. R. Allen. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea east to
Marshall Islands
and
Fiji
, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Pelagic, near coral reefs,
15–
50 m
. Marine.
Katsuwonus pelamis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Skipjack tuna
STATUS AT MADANG.
New record
from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19687-020). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Pelagic, schooling offshore,
0–
260 m
. Marine.
Rastrelliger kanagurta
(Cuvier, 1816)
—Indian mackerel
STATUS AT MADANG.
New record
from Madang, based on specimens observed and photographed at St. CTR 0 9, CTR 12, CTR 32, and by P. Laboute (St. PR 126).
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and western Mascarenes east to
Samoa
, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northwestern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Found in coastal bays, harbours and deep lagoons, usually in some turbid plankton-rich waters,
20–
90 m
. Marine.
FIGURE 27
.
Sphyraena jello
(Sphyraenidae)
, Madang Lagoon, St. PR 120, P. Laboute, 28 Nov. 2012.
Scomberomorus commerson
(Lacepède [ex
Commerson
], 1800)
—Narrow-banded Spanish mackerel, king mackerel (
Fig. 28
)
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang as
Cybium commersoni
by
Munro (1958: 262)
. Specimens photographed at St. CTR 30; also observed by G. R. Allen.
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and western Mascarenes east to
Palau
and
Fiji
north to
Korea
and southern
Japan
, south to New South
Wales
(
Australia
),
New Caledonia
and Lord Howe
Island
, recently immigrated into eastern Mediterranean through Suez Canal. Pelagic, from shallow water to edge of continental shelf,
10–
70 m
. Marine.
Thunnus alalunga
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
—Albacore
STATUS AT MADANG.
New record
from Madang, based on specimens photographed at St. CTR 32. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas, in the western Pacific south to
New Zealand
. Oceanic, pelagic,
0–
600 m
. Marine.