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
(Fowler 1938)
Fowler
1938
[151,626,834,859]
Actinopterygii
Bathyclupeidae
Neobathyclupea
GBIF
Animalia
Perciformes
177
178
Chordata
species
megaceps
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11357( 1 specimen, 119.4 mm SL, St. CP4498-14, north of New Hanover).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Philippinessouth to Papua New Guinea. Bathypelagic, 465–800 mdepth. Marine.
Remarks.The two species Neobathyclupea megaceps(Fowler 1938)and N. gracilis(Fowler 1938)express much overlap in their morphological characters; the diagnoses of Prokofiev (2014)are not useful to distinguish these two taxa. We suspect that the two are synonymous.