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Twinspot damselfish
Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Also calledSujibuchisuzumedai (jpn) · スジブチスズメダイ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 4. — General distribution: East Africa east to Caroline Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on coral rubble, or on outcrops of coastal and lagoon reefs, 0 – 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. First recorded from New Ireland as Glyphidodon biocellatus by Peters (1877: 843); reported from St. Mathias as Glyphidodon antjerius by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 67), and from New Ireland as Abudefduf biocellata by Munro (1958: 230); a specimen observed at Kulaumis Island, Kavieng District, 1 – 10 m depth, St. T 17, on 4 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen. ZMH material.
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 2399278.