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
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Kinch, Jeff
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Mana, Ralph
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Russell, Barry C.
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Tully, Dean
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White, William T.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-23
4588
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1
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journal article
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Chrysiptera leucopoma
(Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830)
—Western Pacific surge damselfish
Status at
New Ireland
.
First recorded from
St. Mathias
as
Glyphidodon brownriggi
(non Bennett 1828) by
Duncker & Mohr (1929
: 67), based on ZMH 11933; a video of a specimen taken near
Nusa Island
,
Kavieng District
at
5–23 m
depth, St. KR8, in 2014; a specimen observed at Nemto Island, New Hanover,
1–50 m
depth, St. T23, on
7 Nov. 2006
, by Gerald R. Allen.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution:
Indonesia
east to
Wake
and Marquesas islands, north to southern
Japan
, south to
Western Australia
,
New South Wales
(
Australia
),
New Caledonia
and Austral Islands. Found on rubble-strewn surge channels, the outermost reaches of exposed reef flats, and the upper submarine terrace,
0–12 m
depth. Marine.