Twospined Angelfish
Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860)
Also calledAllemand (fra) · Boeteur (fra) · Poisson ange sombre (fra) · Poisson ange à deux épines (fra) · Poisson-ange nain à deux épines (fra) · Poisson-ange à deux épines (fra) · Ruriyakko (jpn) · paraharaha (tah) · ルリヤッコ (jpn) · 双棘刺尻鱼 (zho) · 珊瑚美人 (zho) · 琉璃神仙魚 (zho) · 藍閃電 (zho) · 雙棘刺尻魚 (zho)
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall and Tuamotu islands, north to Izu Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, and Tonga. Solitary or in small groups, cryptic on steep outer coral or rocky reef slopes, 3 – 45 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 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14); a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island, southeast of New Hanover, at 6 – 21 m depth, St. KR 124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
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 2396495.