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Spinecheek anemonefish
Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines and Vanuatu, north to Sabah (Malaysia), south to Queensland (Australia). Commensal with sea anemones (Entacmaea quadricolor), 1 – 18 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 specimen photographed on 5 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14), and on USNM 281221 (2) from Nusa Island; specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon; a video of specimens taken in Senta Passage, southeast of New Hanover at 5 – 16 m depth, 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
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2398709.