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
6FTPH
Forster
1801
[151,450,1375,1400]
Actinopterygii
Serranidae
Epinephelus
Animalia
Perciformes
116
117
Chordata
species
hexagonatus
Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Carteret Harbour, New Irelandby Valenciennes in Cuvier& Valenciennes(1830b: 516); subsequently reported from New Irelandby Peters (1877: 831). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellon 28 June 2014. KFRS material.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to WakeAtoll, northern Line Islands and PitcairnGroup, south to northern Australia, New Caledoniaand Rapa. Found in shallow parts of rocky and coral reefs including lagoons and tidal pools, 0–30 mdepth. Marine.