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
5YHPL
Fowler 1946
Fowler
1946
[151,551,1303,1328]
Actinopterygii
Pomacentridae
Chromis
Animalia
Perciformes
210
211
Chordata
species
margaritifer
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a photograph taken on 1 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; also photographed by Serge Andréfouëtoff the southern tip of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, St. KVG15, on 17 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, 3–25 mdepth, St. KR90, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesiaeast to Line and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand Lord Howe Island. Found on coastal and seaward coral reefs, 2–20 mdepth. Marine.