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
6VQLF
(Bleeker 1855)
Bleeker
1855
[151,642,727,752]
Actinopterygii
Serranidae
Plectropomus
Animalia
Perciformes
121
122
Chordata
species
oligacanthus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on 4 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; a specimen observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russellon 28 June 2014; a specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amon on 28 Mar. 2007, another at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Sea side of northern Kavieng Districtby Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR154, at 6–20 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesiaeast to Marshall and Solomon islands, north to Sabah( Malaysia) and Philippines, south to Cape York ( Queensland, Australia). Found on seaward coral reef slopes, 5–147 mdepth. Marine.