Chaetodon pelewensis Kner 1868
- Dataset
- Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Chaetodontidae
- genus
- Chaetodon
- species
- Chaetodon pelewensis
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: New South Wales (Australia) and New Guinea to French Polynesia and Easter Island. Found in seaward coral reefs, 8 – 30 m depth. Marine.
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at Manne Island, Kavieng District, 3 – 25 m depth, St. KR 42, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Tungelo Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3 – 46 m depth, St. KR 104, in 2014.
Name
- Homonyms
- Chaetodon pelewensis Kner 1868