Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 72

Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817) — Brackish frogfish ( Fig. 23 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 16 May 2009.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to Papua New Guinea and Solomon islands. Found in inshore habitats and estuaries, 0–10 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

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FIGURE 23. Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817), Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 16 May 2009 (underwater photograph: Dietmar Amon).