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
QN74
(Ruppell 1837)
Ruppell
1837
[151,588,1957,1982]
Actinopterygii
Monacanthidae
Cantherhines
Animalia
Tetraodontiformes
326
327
Chordata
species
pardalis
Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Irelandby Fedoryako (1981: 99); a video of a specimen taken at
Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR154, at 6–20 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken on the north coast of Kavieng District, at 6–24 mdepth, St. KR164, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marquesas Islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands. Found in seaward coral and rocky reef slopes, often in silty habitat, sometimes with drifting seagrass, 0–20 mdepth. Marine.