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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Upeneus vittatus
(Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775)
—Striped goatfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
Matanalaua River
,
New Hanover
by
Munro (1958
: 207).
Specimens
observed by
Jeff Kinch
during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in
2004–2005
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall, Society and Marquesas islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to northern
Australia
; introduced at Hawaiian Islands. Solitary or in groups, on silt or mud bottoms,
5–100 m
depth. Marine.