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.
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Laboute, Pierre
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Mana, Ralph
Author
Hui, Tan Heok
Author
Uyeno, Daisuke
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Zootaxa
2014
3832
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1
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Kuhliidae
Kuhlia marginata
(
Cuvier
in
Cuvier
& Valenciennes, 1829)
—Dark-margined flagtail STATUS AT MADANG.
New record
from Madang, based on specimens collected by W.-J. Chen on
5 Dec. 2012
. CAS and NTUM material (CAS 63380; NTUM 10117).
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT.
Indonesia
east to Society Islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Primarily in freshwater habitats, rarely estuaries,
0–
2 m
. Freshwater and transitional water.
Kuhlia rupestris
(Lacepède, 1802)
—Rock flagtail
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by
Parenti & Allen (1991: 318)
. CAS and USNM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to Caroline and Tuamotu islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to Queensland (
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Found in estuaries and fast-flowing stretches of middle and lower reaches of rivers,
0–
2 m
. Freshwater and transitional water.