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
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Melichthys vidua
(Richardson [ex Solander] 1844)—Pinktail triggerfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Lihir Group
,
Namatamai District
,
New Ireland
by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129).
Photograph
of a specimen from
Kavieng
,
New Ireland
taken on
1 June 2013
during ACIAR
Aquarium Survey
; 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: East and
South Africa
east to Hawaiian, Line, Marquesas and Gambier islands, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern
Australia
,
New Caledonia
and
Tonga
. Found in seaward coral reefs with rich invertebrate growth,
4–60 m
depth. Marine.