Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese 1985

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 : 295

Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese 1985 —Lyretail dartgoby ( Fig. 144 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed in 2012 at New Hanover by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Oman and Seychelles east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in outer reef lagoons and on seaward reef slopes, 6–50 m depth. Marine.

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FIGURE 144. Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese 1985, New Hanover, eastern side of Patio Island, 28 November 2012 (underwater photograph: Gerald Allen).