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
6HFSK
(Linnaeus 1766)
Linnaeus
1766
[151,604,1804,1829]
Actinopterygii
Pegasidae
Eurypegasus
Animalia
Gasterosteiformes
87
88
Chordata
species
draconis
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11413( 1 specimen, 32.2 mm SL, St. KD45, north Limus Island, Kavieng District, 02°36.370’S 150°39.289’E, 50–60 mdepth, 22 June 2014).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand or rubble bottoms, 0– 90 mdepth. Marine.