Arothron mappa ( Lesson 1831 )

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 : 332

Arothron mappa ( Lesson 1831) —Map puffer ( Fig. 175 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 11 June 2009, and at 4 m depth by Dean Tully on 15 Sept. 2012 .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East and South Africa and western Mascarenes east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to southern Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in clear lagoon and sheltered seaward reefs; adults usually along deep drop-offs, 1–30 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 175. Arothron mappa (Lesson 1831), Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 4 m depth, 15 Sept. 2012 (underwater photograph: Dean Tully).