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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Lutjanus biguttatus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830)
—Twospot snapper
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Kalili,
New Ireland
by Kailola (1987b: 293). Specimens photographed in
Kavieng region
on
4–5 June 2013
during
ACIAR
Aquarium Survey
, and by
Barry C. Russell
on
14 and 21 June 2014
.
Specimens photographed at
Lissenung Island
by Dietmar Amon on
3 Sept. 2006
and
28 Mar. 2007
;
also photographed at St. KVG28 (southeast of
New Hanover
) by Serge Andréfouët on
24 Aug. 2014
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution:
India
and
Maldives
east to
Philippines
and
Solomon Islands
, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
). Found solitary or in small groups, in coastal reefs, lagoons, and on seaward reef slopes,
3–36 m
depth. Marine.