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
6YMTP
(Schneider & Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Schneider & Forster in Bloch & Schneider
1801
[151,958,865,890]
Actinopterygii
Siganidae
Siganus
Animalia
Perciformes
297
298
Chordata
species
punctatus
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 2015; a video of a specimen taken at Echuca Shoal, New Hanover, 15–34 mdepth, St. KR158, 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 Islands, Tongaand Samoa, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. In pairs, lives in coral reefs, 1–40 mdepth. Marine.