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
3RKVJ
Randall & Springer 1975
Randall & Springer
1975
[151,691,1484,1509]
Actinopterygii
Labridae
Labroides
Animalia
Perciformes
232
233
Chordata
species
pectoralis
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on 1 and 3 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District(see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15); another at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Seaside of northern Kavieng Districtby Serge Andréfouëton 18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Alexander Passage, off southeastern New Hanover, at 5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling Islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesiaeast to Caroline Islandsand Vanuatu, north to Philippinesand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found solitary or in small groups, in coral-rich areas of coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 2–30 mdepth. Marine.