Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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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
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journal article
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Lethrinus erythracanthus
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830
—Yellowfin emperor
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from New Hanover as
Lethrinus kallopterus
by
Munro (1958
: 203); subsequently reported 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
. A specimen photographed at St. KVG20 (east of Enuk Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on
20 Aug. 2014
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa east to Caroline and Tuamotu islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern
Australia
and
New Caledonia
. Solitary, on soft bottoms of deep lagoons and seaward reef slopes,
15–120 m
depth. Marine.