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
764VC
(Bennett 1831)
Bennett
1831
[151,626,548,573]
Actinopterygii
Mullidae
Parupeneus
Animalia
Perciformes
175
176
Chordata
species
pleurostigma
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusalomon Island, Kavieng District, 1–24 mdepth, St. T1, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascarand Mascarenes; Andaman Sea east to Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales( Australia), Lord Howe Island, Raoul Island, New Caledonia, Tongaand Rapa. Found in sand-rubble bottoms near coral reefs, 1–75 mdepth. Marine.