Published April 23, 2019 | Version v1
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Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830

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Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830 —Longspine emperor

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen collected at Kavieng Fish Market by B. C. Russell; a video of a specimen taken off Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, at 2–35 m depth, St. KR 58, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken off Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover at 3–25 m depth, St. KR 90, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in seagrass beds, in mangroves and near coral reefs, 1–25 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 171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

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