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
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360
3LZPJ
Bleeker 1852
Bleeker
1852
[151,621,1525,1550]
Actinopterygii
Syngnathidae
Hippocampus
Animalia
Syngnathiformes
94
95
Chordata
species
taeniopterus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon 16 May 2009, and by Dean Tullyat 1 mdepth on 19 Sept. 2015, and at 8 mdepth on 26 Sept. 2015. Previously misidentified as Hippocampus kuda(non Bleeker, 1852) by Duncker & Mohr 1925: 18 (Kavieng, New Ireland), based on ZMH 12952 (2).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesiaand Papua New Guineaeast to Fiji, south to New Caledonia. Found among seagrass and in mud habitats, 5–30 mdepth. Marine.