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
360
journal article
26780
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Labropsis alleni
Randall 1981
—Allen's tubelip wrasse
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on specimens observed in
Kavieng Lagoon
by
Jeff Kinch
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey
in 2013 (see
Teitelbaum
et al
. 2013
: 15); a video of a specimen taken off
southern New Hanover
at
3–47 m
depth,
St. KR
106, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Eastern
Indonesia
east to
Marshall
Islands and
Fiji
, north to
Philippines
, south to
New Caledonia
and
Vanuatu
. Solitary or in pairs, on steep slopes of lagoon and seaward coral reefs, especially on the seaward slopes of the barrier reef,
4–52 m
depth. Marine.