Published April 23, 2019 | Version v1
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Plectorhinchus lessonii

Description

Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830) —Striped sweetlips

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 7 and 21 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, off eastern New Hanover, at 7–41 m depth, St. KR 122, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1–35 m depth. 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 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

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