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
1
1
360
journal article
26780
10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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Lethrinus variegatus
Valenciennes
[ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830—Slender emperor
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Hanover
and
Edmago Island
,
Kavieng
,
New Ireland
by
Munro (1958
: 204).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP
Survey
at
Kavieng
fish market in
2004–2005
. KFRS material.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa,
Seychelles
,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Palau
and
Tonga
, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to
Western Australia
and
Queensland
(
Australia
) and
New Caledonia
. Solitary or in groups, in seagrass areas and on sand or rubble bottoms adjacent to coral reefs,
1–15 m
depth. Marine.