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
4VWVT
(Jenkins 1903)
Jenkins
1903
[151,588,439,464]
Actinopterygii
Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenodes
Animalia
Scorpaeniformes
102
103
Chordata
species
kelloggi
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11459( 1 specimen, 28.1 mm SL, St. KF1, west of Nago Island, Kavieng District, 3 June 2014), and NTUM 11452( 1 specimen, 56.6 mm SL, St. KM5, Povalal, northeast coast, Kavieng District, 02°40.976’S 150°56.961’E, intertidal, 11 June 2014). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amon on 24 May 2009.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Society and Marquesas islands, north to Philippines. Found in coral and rubble habitats, 1–24 mdepth. Marine.