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
8MSN
(Lacepede 1801)
Lacepede
1801
[151,619,1749,1774]
Actinopterygii
Pomacentridae
Abudefduf
Animalia
Perciformes
203
204
Chordata
species
sexfasciatus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken off Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, at 2–35 mdepth, St. KR58, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, 3–25 mdepth, St. KR90, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, MozambiqueChannel, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marquesas and Gambier islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales( Australia), Lord Howe Island, Tongaand Rapa. Found in aggregations above inshore and seaward coral reefs, 1–15 mdepth. Marine.