Ulua mentalis (Cuvier, 1833)

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 : 149

Ulua mentalis (Cuvier [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833)—Longrakered trevally ( Fig. 68 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 30 Sept. 2012.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Papua New Guinea, south to northern Australia. Pelagic in coastal waters near reefs, 1–20 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 68. Ulua mentalis (Cuvier [ex Ehrenberg] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833), Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 30 Sept. 2012 (underwater photograph: Dietmar Amon).