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
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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
360
journal article
26780
10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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Asterropteryx semipunctata
Rüppell 1830
—Starry goby
Status at
New Ireland
.
First
recorded from
New Ireland
by
Allen & Erdmann (2012
: 910); a specimen observed at
Selapiu Island
,
Kavieng District
,
1–6 m
depth,
St. T
15, on
3 Nov. 2006
,
by
Gerald R. Allen
; also at
Balang Island
,
New Hanover
,
0–18 m
depth,
St. T
21, on
6 Nov. 2006
.
Distribution and habitat.
New Ireland
: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and
South Africa
,
Madagascar
and Mascarenes east to
Wake
Atoll, Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands, north to southern
Japan
and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Rapa. Found on algal-coated reef rock and rubble of inner flats and turbid coral reef lagoons,
0–12 m
depth. Marine.