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
26780
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Aioliops megastigma
Rennis & Hoese 1987
—Shortfin minidartfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a video of a specimen taken off
northern Kavieng District
, at
6–22 m
depth,
St. KR
166, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
); a specimen observed at
Balang Island
,
New Hanover
,
0–18 m
depth,
St. T
21, on
6 Nov. 2006
, by
Gerald R. Allen
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution:
Indonesia
to
Philippines
and
Papua New Guinea
. Found near sheltered inshore and lagoon reefs,
2–10 m
depth. Marine.