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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Epinephelus tukula
Morgans 1959
—Potato grouper
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a video of a specimen taken at Manne Island, Kavieng District,
3– 25 m
depth, St. KR42, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Mozambique
Channel,
Madagascar
,
Seychelles
,
Comores
and western Mascarenes east to New
Guinea
, north to southern
Japan
, south to
Western Australia
and
Queensland
(
Australia
). Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs,
5–150 m
depth. Marine.