Lemon damsel
Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853
Also calledNettaisuzumedai (jpn) · ネッタイスズメダイ (jpn) · 厚殼仔 (zho) · 摩鹿加雀鯛 (zho) · 摩鹿加雀鲷 (zho)
First described in: Bleeker, P. (1853). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> . 4 (no. 1): 91-130.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Yap (Caroline Islands) and Vanuatu, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1 – 14 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 on 3 – 4 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; others at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Sea side of northern Kavieng District by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014, and at St. KVG 29 (southeast of New Hanover) by Serge Andréfouët on 24 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 2398282.