Randall's Fairy Basslet

distribution

Distribution: eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and perhaps Johnston Atoll, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

materials_examined

Holotype: BMNH 1977.1.21.1, 69.7 mm SL, male. Type locality: large cave on vertical drop-off, Baring, Olango Island, Cebu Strait, Philippines, depth 40 meters. Illustrations: Kuiter, 2004: 60, figs. A – G; Lubbock & Allen, 1978: 262, figs. 1 & 2, 264, pl. 1. D: X, 15 to 17 (usually 16). A: III, 7 or 8 (usually 7). P: 16 to 18 (usually 17). C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 8 to 10 + 22 to 24. LL: 38 to 46 (most frequently 41 to 43). CP: 21 to 23 (usually 22).

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and perhaps Johnston Atoll, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Found near steep dropoffs, 15 – 120 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 observed at Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, 1 – 50 m depth, St. T 4, on 31 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records