Bregmacerotidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 31-32

Bregmacerotidae

Bregmaceros sp. —Western Pacific codlet

STATUS AT MADANG. Reported from Madang as Bregmaceros macclellandi (non Thompson, 1840) by Herre (1933: 12). AMS material. This is apparently an undescribed species; Bregmaceros mcclellandii Thompson, 1840 is restricted to Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Thailand according to Torii et al. (2003). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Western Pacific. Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m. Marine.

Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato, 1965 —Arabian codlet

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. CP 3968. NTUM material (NTUM 10060, 10062).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and Arabian Sea east to Taiwan and Japan; Papua New Guinea. Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m. Marine.

Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta, 1986 —Blacktail codlet STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. CP 3968. NTUM material (NTUM 10061).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Taiwan to southern Japan; Papua New Guinea. Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m. Marine.

Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro, 1950 —Big-eye unicorn cod

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Munro (1958: 139). CSIRO material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Northern Australia to Papua New Guinea. Pelagic-neritic, 0–2000 m. Marine. Carapidae

Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) —Star pearlfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens collected by W.-J. Chen in Madang Bay. NTUM material (NTUM 10271).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Amami Islands. Benthic, reefassociated, living in holothurians, 1– 150 m. Marine.

Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) —Graceful pearlfish, slender pearlfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens collected at PFM 0 1.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa and KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa) east to Line and Society islands, south to New Caledonia. Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 1– 62 m. Marine.

Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846) —Silver pearlfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 126). A specimen collected at St. PR 13. WAM material.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian, Society and Gambier islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 0– 30 m. Marine.

Onuxodon fowleri (Smith, 1955) —Fowler's pearlfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on a specimen collected at St. PR 9; specimens collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PR 116. NTUM and SMF material (NTUM 10106, 10166, 10273; SMF 34921). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands, north to Taiwan, south to New South Wales ( Australia). Benthic, reef-associated, living in holothurians, 1– 30 m. Marine.