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Zenarchopteridae

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Zenarchopteridae

Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) —Buffon's river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.16670-019, I.16672-009). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. India east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Near the surface in coastal waters, estuaries and rivers, 0– 1 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 —Feathered river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 164). USNM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa and Madagascar east to Fiji and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus dunckeri Mohr, 1925 —Duncker's river garfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Duncker & Mohr (1926: 127). WAM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Andaman Islands east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Zenarchopterus kampeni (Weber, 1913) —Sepik River halfbeak

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Parenti & Allen (1991: 138). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Endemic to northern Papua (Indonesia) and northern Papua New Guinea, 0– 3 m. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Notes

Published as part of Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, pp. 1-247 in Zootaxa 3832 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/250559

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Biodiversity

Family
Zenarchopteridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Beloniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Allen, G. R. & Erdmann, M. V. (2012) Reef fishes of the East Indies. Vol. I - III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, pp. x + 1 - 424 + end note, pp. 425 - 855 & preface + map + contents + pp. 857 - 1260.]
  • Duncker, G. & Mohr, E. (1925) Die Fische der Sudsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908 - 1909. 1. Teil (Fistulariidae, Centriscidae, Syngnathidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg, 41, 93 - 112, pl. 2.
  • Duncker, G. & Mohr, E. (1926) Die Fische der Sudsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908 - 1909. 2. Teil (Belonidae, Hemirhamphidae, Exocoetidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Mugilidae, Atherinidae, Melanotaeniidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg, 42, 126 - 136.
  • Parenti, L. R. & Allen, G. R. (1991) Fishes of the Gogol River and other coastal habitats, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 1, 307 - 320.