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
ZCLX
(Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775)
Forsskal in Niebuhr
1775
[151,729,1167,1192]
Actinopterygii
Mugilidae
Crenimugil
Animalia
Mugiliformes
74
75
Chordata
species
crenilabis
Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Irelandas Mugil cirrhostomusby Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1836: 127); reported as Mugil crenilabrisby Günther (1881: 219). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell on 7, 14 and 21 June 2014. A school photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 2 mdepth, by Dean Tully on 26 June 2013.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Line and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Found in shallow coastal waters, entering lagoons, estuaries and rivers, 0–5 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.