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
6G3CM
(Pallas 1770)
Pallas
1770
[151,529,1556,1581]
Actinopterygii
Labridae
Epibulus
Animalia
Perciformes
226
227
Chordata
species
insidiator
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 5 mdepth, by Dean Tullyon 15 Sept. 2012; 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: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Hawaiian and Gambier islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland( Australia), New Caledoniaand Tonga. Found in coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs, 1–42 mdepth. Marine.