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
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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journal article
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Microphis brachyurus
(Bleeker 1854)
—Short-tailed pipefish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on by
NTUM 11415
(
1 specimen
, 180.3 mm SL, St.
KM12
,
Tome Village
,
Kavieng District
,
2°42.105’S
150°52.847’E
, freshwater/brackish transition,
5 June 2014
)
. WAM material.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution:
Sri Lanka
and
India
east to Society Islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to
New Caledonia
. Found in estuaries, rivers and streams,
0–5 m
depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.