Monarch Damsel

Discussion

Maximum size of 18 cm Fig. 2. Dark brown (nearly black) with blue streak on each scale, blue lines and spots on head and white spot on middle of upper back. Coral thickets interspersed with open sand or dead coral in 1-5 m (Allen and Erdmann 2012). What we captured underwater in Xisha Islands is the state of the juvenile fish, which is very different from the adult fish. We have checked the main domestic fish checklists (Liu 2008, Chen and Zhang 2015, Shen and Wu 2011) and relevant literature, but there is no record of this species. Therefore, we believe it is a newly-recorded species in China.

Checklist of the coral fish fauna of Xisha Islands, China

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Found in coral thickets interspersed with open sand and dead coral, 1 – 5 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 video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, 4 – 12 m depth, St. KR 130, 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