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Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.
Lissenung Island Resort, P. O. Box 580, Kavieng NIP 631, Papua New Guinea.
Lissenung Island Resort, P. O. Box 580, Kavieng NIP 631, Papua New Guinea.
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE (Université de la Réunion, Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique), Centre de Nouméa, 101 Promenade Roger Laroque, Anse Vata, BP A5, 98848 Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No.1 Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
National Fisheries College, National Fisheries Authority, P. O. Box 239, Kavieng, New Ireland Province 611, Papua New Guinea.
School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, P. O. Box 320, University P. O., National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, P. O. Box 4646, Darwin NT 0801, Australia.
Marine and Environmental Management, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Private Bag 12001, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand.
CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Australian National Fish Collection, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
Pisces fishes Papua New Guinea New Ireland checklist distribution endemism new records

Abstract

A checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province is presented, with special emphasis on Kavieng District, combining both previous and new records. After the recent KAVIENG 2014 expedition, a total of 1325 species in 153 families were recorded from the region. The largest families are the Gobiidae, Pomacentridae, Labridae, Serranidae, Apogonidae, Lutjanidae, Chaetodontidae, Blenniidae, Carangidae, Acanthuridae, Scaridae, Holocentridae, Syn-gnathidae, Lethrinidae and Scorpaenidae. A total of 810 fish species (61.1 % of the total marine and estuarine fish fauna) are recorded from New Ireland for the first time.

The fish fauna of New Ireland includes 142 species in transitional waters and 1264 species in marine habitats, and 54 species species in freshwater habitats. Zoogeographically, 1179 species have a wide distribution range, most frequently a broad Indo-West Pacific distribution. Among the remaining species, just 12 are endemic to New Ireland.

 

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