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Equulites lineolatus

Description

Equulites lineolatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835) —Ornate ponyfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Matanalaua River, New Hanover as Equula decora by Munro (1958: 197).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: East Africa, Durban (South Africa) and Madagascar east to Philippines and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Schooling in coastal waters, 1–30 m depth. Transitional water and marine.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

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References

  • Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. & Valenciennes, A. (1835) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dixieme. Suite du livre neuvieme. Scomberoides. Livre dixieme. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzieme. De la famille des Taenioides. Livre douzieme. Des Atherines. F. G. Levrault, Paris, xxiv + 482 + 2 pp., pls. 280 - 306. [Author: Valenciennes.]
  • Munro, I. S. R. (1958) The fishes of the New Guinea region. Fishery Bulletin, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1, 97 - 369.