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
4VSSY
(Bloch 1793)
Bloch
1793
[151,519,1725,1750]
Actinopterygii
Nemipteridae
Scolopsis
Animalia
Perciformes
165
166
Chordata
species
bilineata
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on 1–2 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; another photographed at St. KVG26 (off western Bauddisson Island) by Serge Andréfouëton 23 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 mdepth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Maldivesand Sri Lankaeast to Caroline Islandsand Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australiaand Lord Howe Island. Solitary or in small groups, in sand-rubble areas adjacent to coral reefs. Juveniles mimic Meiacanthus grammistes, 0–25 mdepth. Marine.