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
4LQ74
(Bleeker 1853)
Bleeker
1853
[151,673,1807,1832]
Actinopterygii
Pomacanthidae
Pomacanthus
Animalia
Perciformes
197
198
Chordata
species
xanthometopon
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on 2 June 2013, first dive, during ACIAR Aquarium Surveyat Kavieng(see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14, as P. xanthometapon); a specimen observed at Kaviengfish market by Barry C. Russellon 14 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon 22 Aug. 2008; a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island, southeast of New Hanover, at 6–21 mdepth, St. KR124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.— Maldivesand Chagos Archipelago east to Philippinesand Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found in coral-rich areas of coral reefs, 5–30 mdepth. Marine.