Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril 1870)

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 : 91

Bhanotia fasciolata (Duméril 1870) —Corrugated pipefish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Ysabel Passage, New Hanover as Bhanotichthys fasciatus by Kailola (1975: 71). KFRS material.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Andaman Islands and Myanmar east to Philippines and Solomon Islands. Found on mud or silt substrates associated with coral or rocky reefs, 3–25 m depth. Marine.