Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Andréfouët, Serge
Chen, Wei-Jen
Kinch, Jeff
Mana, Ralph
Russell, Barry C.
Tully, Dean
White, William T.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
1
1
360
56NHP
(Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775)
Forsskal in Niebuhr
1775
[151,674,762,787]
Actinopterygii
Engraulidae
Thryssa
Animalia
Clupeiformes
55
56
Chordata
species
baelama
Status at New Ireland.First recorded from Kavieng, New Irelandby Kailola 1975: 31). KFRS material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa and Mascarenes east to Caroline and Mariana islands, Samoaand Tonga, north to Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland( Australia) at 16°30'S, and New Caledonia. Pelagic in coastal waters near reefs, and in estuaries, 0–50 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.