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
6VWT4
(Bloch 1790)
Bloch
1790
[151,546,1807,1832]
Actinopterygii
Pomacentridae
Premnas
Animalia
Perciformes
220
221
Chordata
species
biaculeatus
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on 5 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District(see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14), and on USNM 281221(2) from Nusa Island; specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng regionby Dietmar Amon; a video of specimens taken in Senta Passage, southeast of New Hanoverat 5–16 mdepth, St. KR118, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea and Indonesiaeast to Philippinesand Vanuatu, north to Sabah( Malaysia), south to Queensland( Australia). Commensal with sea anemones ( Entacmaea quadricolor), 1–18 mdepth. Marine.