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 Aploactinidae Acanthosphex leurynnis ( Jordan &Seale, 1905) —Dwarf velvetfish STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.30358-005). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. India east to Philippines and New Guinea , south to northern Australia . Cryptic on coral rubble near reefs, 5– 60 m . Marine. Cocotropus larvatus (Bleeker, 1852) —Ghost velvetfish STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 252) . DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Eastern Andaman Sea east to Marshall Islands and New Guinea , north to Ryukyu Islands. Found on outer reef slopes, solitary and cryptic among coral rubble, 4– 40 m . Marine. Cocotropus steinitzi Eschmeyer & Dor, 1978 —Steinitz' velvetfish STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 252) . DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea; Andaman Islands; Papua New Guinea . Found solitary and cryptic on sand or coral rubble, ca. 2– 20 m . Marine.