Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Author
Andréfouët, Serge
Author
Chen, Wei-Jen
Author
Kinch, Jeff
Author
Mana, Ralph
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Tully, Dean
Author
White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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1
360
journal article
26780
10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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Taeniurops meyeni
(Müller & Henle 1841)
—
Blotched fantail ray
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from
New Ireland
by White
et al
. (2018: 263),
White & Ko'ou (2018
: 62) based on underwater observation in Kavieng District by Dietmar Amon and D. Borcherds.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
and Mascarenes east to
Philippines
, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to
Queensland
(
Australia
), Lord Howe Island,
Norfolk Island
and
New Caledonia
. Found on rocky and coral reefs,
1–500 m
depth. Marine.