Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
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Kinch, Jeff
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Mana, Ralph
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Russell, Barry C.
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Tully, Dean
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
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Bembrops caudimacula
Steindachner 1876
—Tailspot duckbill (
Figs. 118–119
)
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on
NTUM 12281
(
1 specimen
, 163.1 mm SL,
St. CP
4259-6, west coast of
New Ireland
north of southern border of
Kavieng District
)
;
NTUM 11066
(
2 specimens
,
St. CP
4418-6-7, northeast of
New Hanover
)
;
NTUM 11131
(
1 specimen
,
St. CP
4437-20, northeast of
New Hanover
)
;
NTUM 11171
(
1 specimen
, 175.2 mm SL,
St. CP
4446-1, north of
New Hanover
)
;
NTUM 11303
(
1 specimen
, 135.4 mm SL,
St. CP
4490-1, northwest of
New Hanover
)
;
NTUM 11351
(
1 specimen
, 168.6 mm SL,
St. CP
4498-2, north of
New Hanover
)
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2. General distribution: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden east to eastern
Indonesia
and
Philippines
, north to
Japan
, south to northwestern
Australia
at
18°21'S
,
Queensland
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
.
335–450 m
depth. Marine.
Remarks.
The species was recorded from
Madang
,
Papua New Guinea
by Fricke
et al
. (2014: 144). Additional specimens were collected in the Solomon Sea off the southern coast of western
New Britain
,
Papua New Guinea
(NTUM 12283,
2 specimens
, St. CP 4331-2-3; NTUM uncat.,
1 specimen
, St. CP 4336-15; NTUM 12284,
1 specimen
, St. CP 4337-5), and off northeastern
New Britain
(NTUM 12282,
1 specimen
, St. CP 4265-19).