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
3FX2R
Cuvier
Cuvier
1829
[151,472,1734,1759]
Actinopterygii
Gerreidae
Gerres
Animalia
Perciformes
159
160
Chordata
species
filamentosus
Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Hanover by Peters (1877: 832); reported from Kulineua and Matalanaua rivers, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 198–199). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand western Mascarenes east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Adults on shallow soft bottoms adjacent to coral reefs, also entering lower reaches of rivers and streams, juveniles in estuaries, 0–50 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.