Chlorurus bleekeri (Beaufort in Weber & Beaufort 1940)
- 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
- Scaridae
- genus
- Chlorurus
- species
- Chlorurus bleekeri
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 0 – 35 m depth. Marine.
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on photograph taken on 1 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell during 7 – 28 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 11 Apr. 2008; others photographed at St. KVG 18 (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Echuca Shoal, New Hanover, 15 – 34 m depth, St. KR 158, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).