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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journal article
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Pterois antennata
(Bloch 1787)
—Broadbarred firefish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
St. Mathias
by
Duncker & Mohr (1929
: 69), based on ZMH 11829.
Specimens
photographed at
Lissenung Island
by
Dietmar Amon
on
18 Apr. 2009
, and at
12 m
depth by
Dean Tully
on
15 Sept. 2012
; a video of a specimen taken from
Alexander Passage
, off
southeastern New Hanover
,
5–14 m
depth, at
St. KR
96, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Wake
Atoll, northern Line Islands and
Pitcairn
Group, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
New Zealand
and Kermadec Islands. Found solitary or in small groups in caves and crevices of coral and rocky reefs,
2–50 m
depth. Marine.