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. Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Hamel, Mélanie A. Author Laboute, Pierre Author Mana, Ralph Author Hui, Tan Heok Author Uyeno, Daisuke text Zootaxa 2014 3832 1 1 247 journal article 45252 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1 8646401a-8028-4795-a6d6-1f9d75607e41 1175-5326 250559 BAB612A4-03DB-4958-BEB1-92DE278FBB90 Bregmacerotidae Bregmaceros sp. —Western Pacific codlet STATUS AT MADANG. Reported from Madang as Bregmaceros macclellandi (non Thompson, 1840) by Herre (1933: 12) . AMS material. This is apparently an undescribed species ; Bregmaceros mcclellandii Thompson, 1840 is restricted to Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Thailand according to Torii et al. (2003) . DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Western Pacific. Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m . Marine. Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato, 1965 —Arabian codlet STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. CP 3968. NTUM material (NTUM 10060, 10062). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and Arabian Sea east to Taiwan and Japan ; Papua New Guinea . Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m . Marine. Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta, 1986 —Blacktail codlet STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. CP 3968. NTUM material (NTUM 10061). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Taiwan to southern Japan ; Papua New Guinea . Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m . Marine. Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro, 1950 —Big-eye unicorn cod STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Munro (1958: 139) . CSIRO material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Northern Australia to Papua New Guinea . Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m . Marine. Carapidae Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) —Star pearlfish STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens collected by W.-J. Chen in Madang Bay. NTUM material (NTUM 10271). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Amami Islands. Benthic, reefassociated, living in holothurians, 1– 150 m . Marine. Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) —Graceful pearlfish, slender pearlfish STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens collected at PFM 0 1. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa and KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa ) east to Line and Society islands, south to New Caledonia . Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 1– 62 m . Marine. Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846) —Silver pearlfish STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 126) . A specimen collected at St. PR 13. WAM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian, Society and Gambier islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia , Queensland ( Australia ) and New Caledonia . Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 0– 30 m . Marine. Onuxodon fowleri (Smith, 1955) —Fowler's pearlfish STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected at St. PR 9; specimens collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PR 116. NTUM and SMF material (NTUM 10106, 10166, 10273; SMF 34921). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands , north to Taiwan , south to New South Wales ( Australia ). Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 1– 30 m . Marine.