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Black wrasse
Halichoeres melanochir Fowler & Bean, 1928
Also calledBodião-de-barbatana-laranja (por) · Mameng (tgl) · Munatembera (jpn) · Munatenbera (jpn) · ムナテンベラ (jpn) · 小娘子 (zho) · 汕虎仔 (zho) · 礫仔 (zho) · 胸斑海豬魚 (zho) · 黑烈仔 (zho) · 黑腕海豬魚 (zho) · 黑臂儒艮鯛 (zho) · 黑貓仔 (zho)
First described in: Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
District, at 3 – 12 m depth, St. KR 14, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken from Senta Passage, off eastern New Hanover, 5 – 16 m depth, at St. KR 118, in 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms near coral reefs, 5 – 25 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 a video of a specimen taken at northwestern Manne Island, Kavieng
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2384089.