Published April 23, 2019 | Version v1
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Lutjanus bohar

Description

Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) —Red snapper

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Hanover and Ningin Island, New Ireland as Lutjanus coatesi by Munro (1958: 188); subsequently reported from Tigak Islands, Kavieng by Wright & Richards (1985: 73), and from Lihir Group, Namatamai District by Fry et al. (2006: 129). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell during 7–28 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 8 Apr. 2008.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3, 4.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to off northwestern Australia, Lord Howe and Austral islands. Coral reefs, including lagoons, 0–100 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 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

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References

  • Munro, I. S. R. (1958) The fishes of the New Guinea region. Fishery Bulletin, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1, 97 - 369.
  • Wright, A. & Richards, A. H. (1985) A multispecies fishery associated with coral reefs in the Tigak Islands, Papua New Guinea. Asian Marine Biology, 2, 69 - 84.
  • Fry, G. C., Brewer, D. T. & Venables, W. N. (2006) Vulnerability of deepwater demersal fishes to commercial fishing: Evidence from a study around a tropical volcanic seamount in Papua New Guinea. Fisheries Research, 81, 126 - 141.