Blackspotted Wrasse
Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)
Also calledBankilan (tgl) · Bayan (msa) · Bayan harimau (msa) · Bodião-leopardo-do-leste (por) · Bungat (tgl) · Isdang bato (tgl) · Labe (fij) · Labre léopard (fra) · Leoparden-Junker (deu) · Lábrido Leopardo (spa) · Maming (tgl) · Nodoguro-bera (jpn) · Nodogurobera (jpn) · Nuri harimau (msa)
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Line and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Solitary or in small groups, on coral rubble bottom near coral reefs, 0 – 30 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on 2 – 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey at Kavieng (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15); a video of a specimen taken in Senta Pass, east of New Hanover at 5 – 12 m depth, St. KR 114, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2383673.