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
3M35P
(Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840)
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes
1840
[151,964,1669,1694]
Actinopterygii
Scaridae
Hipposcarus
Animalia
Perciformes
241
242
Chordata
species
longiceps
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellduring 7–28 June 2014; previously misidentified as Scarus harid(non Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) from Tigak Islands, Kaviengby Wright & Richards (1985: 73); a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanoverat 3–47 mdepth, St. KR106, 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 Marshall, Line and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. In groups over sand in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 0–40 mdepth. Marine.