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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Lutjanus gibbus
(Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)
—Paddletail snapper, humpback snapper
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from Carteret Harbour, Lambom,
New Ireland
by
Peters (1877
: 831); reported from Drei Inseln Harbour, New Hanover by
Munro (1958
: 190), and from Port Sulphur,
New Ireland
by
Kailola (1975
: 131); subsequently reported from Tigak Islands, Kavieng by
Wright & Richards (1985
: 73), and from Lihir Group, Namatamai District by
Fry
et al
. (2006
: 129). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in
2004–2005
, and by Barry C. Russell during
7–28 June 2014
. Specimens photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on
31 Dec. 2006
. KFRS material.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 3, 5.—General distribution: East Africa,
Madagascar
and western Mascarenes east to
Kiribati
(
Line Islands
) and
Tonga
, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Adults found in coral reefs, juveniles in seagrass beds or mixed sand and coral habitats,
0–100 m
depth. Marine.