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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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
(Bleeker 1855)
—Pixie hawkfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a specimen photographed on
3 June 2013
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District
; a video of a specimen taken from Alexander Passage, off
southeastern New Hanover
,
5–14 m
depth, at
St. KR
96, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Caroline and Marquesas islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Solitary, in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs,
1–40 m
depth. Marine.