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
57PC8
non Lacepède
1801
[151,377,655,680]
Actinopterygii
Carangidae
Trachinotus
Animalia
Perciformes
148
149
Chordata
species
blochii
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 1 mdepth, by Dean Tully on 21 June 2013.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, Samoaand Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Norfolk Island. Found near the surface in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, occurring in schools near the edge of the surf, 0–3 mdepth. Marine.