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
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Verulux cypselurus
(Weber 1909)
—Swallowtail cardinalfish
Status at
New Ireland
. New record
, based on a video of a specimen taken on north coast of
Manne Island
,
Kavieng District
at
1–11 m
depth,
St. KR
36, in 2014 (identified by
Barry C. Russell
); another taken at
Nubilus Island
, off
eastern New Hanover
,
3–25 m
depth,
St. KR
90, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa east to
Marshall Islands
,
Fiji
and
Tonga
, north to
Japan
, south to Western Australia and
New Caledonia
. Forming aggregations above corals and in caves,
2–15 m
depth. Marine.