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Greytail Angelfish
Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009
Also calledPeix àngel de cua grisa (cat) · Peixe-anjo-de-cauda-cinzenta (por) · Pesce angelo dalla coda grigia (ita) · pomec papuánský (ces)
First described in: Randall, J.E.; Rocha, L.A. (2009). Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new angelfish (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Tropical Western Pacific. The Raffles Bull. Zool., 57(2): 511-520.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Palau, south to New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Solitary or in pairs, in coral-rich areas of sheltered inshore reefs and seaward coral reefs, 1 – 20 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. Reported from Kavieng, New Ireland in original description by Randall & Rocha (2009: 518); record confirmed by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 554); 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
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5788049.