Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840 )

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 232

Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840) —Peacock razorfish ( Fig. 110 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 16 Dec. 2007 and 10 May 2009.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Panama, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Found on sand bottoms near coral reefs, 1–100 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 110. Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840), juvenile, Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 16 Dec. 2007 (underwater photograph: Dietmar Amon).