Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Author
Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
Author
Kinch, Jeff
Author
Mana, Ralph
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Tully, Dean
Author
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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Cephalopholis urodeta
(Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801)
—Darkfin grouper
Status at
New Ireland
.
Originally
described from
New Ireland
as
Serranus erythraeus
by
Cuvier in Cuvier
&
Valenciennes
(1830b: 516), based on MNHN 7346 (
holotype
); subsequently reported from
Lihir Group
,
Namatamai District
,
New Ireland
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 130).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
; a video of a specimen taken at
Nubilus Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
,
3–25 m
depth,
St. KR
90, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Wake
Atoll, Line Islands and
Pitcairn
Group, south to northern
Australia
,
New Caledonia
,
Tonga
and Rapa. Found in coral reefs including lagoon habitats,
1–60 m
depth. Marine.