Crocodile fish
Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973)
Also calledBraunkopf-Plattkopf (deu) · Emmagochi (jpn) · Krokodillefisk (dan) · Peixe-crocodilo-do-Pacífico (por) · Pesce coccodrillo di Beaufort (ita) · Pez Cocodrilo de Beaufort (spa) · Poisson crocodile (fra) · Poisson-crocodile de Beaufort (fra) · zploštělec Beaufortův (ces) · エンマゴチ (jpn) · 博氏孔牛尾魚 (zho) · 博氏孔鯒 (zho) · 牛尾 (zho) · 狗祈仔 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Yap, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Benthic on sand or coral rubble in coral reef, 1 – 12 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 photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 11 Oct. 2007 and 1 May 2009; another photographed at St. KVG 09 (Bismarck Sea side of southeastern Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 15 Aug. 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2335642.