Twenty-one new records of fish species (Teleostei) from the New Caledonian EEZ (south-western Pacific Ocean)

Abstract

New records of fish species are reported from New Caledonia, includingPolyipnus aquavitusBaird, 1971 (Sternoptychidae),Porogadus melampeplus(Alcock, 1896) (Ophidiidae),Hoplichthys citrinusGilbert 1905 (Hoplichthyidae),Plectrogenium nanumGilbert 1905 (Plectrogeniidae),Lioscorpius trifasciatusLast, Yearsley & Motomura 2005 (Setarchidae),Neomerinthe megalepisFowler 1938 andPhenacoscorpius megalopsFowler 1938 (Scorpaenidae),Ocosia apiaPoss & Eschmeyer, 1975 (Tetrarogidae),Hoplostethus atlanticusCollett 1889 (Trachichthyidae),Zenion longipinnisKotthaus, 1970 (Zeniontidae),Plectranthias forestiFourmanoir 1977,Plectranthias pelicieriRandall & Shimizu, 1994,Plectranthias rubrifasciatusFourmanoir & Randall, 1979 andRabaulichthys squireiRandall & Walsh, 2010 (Serranidae),Synagrops philippinensis(Günther 1880) (Acropomatidae),Stegastes insularisAllen & Emery 1995 (Pomacentridae),Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatusRandall 1992 (Labridae),Pteropsaron neocaledonicus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (Percophidae),Centrodraco ornatus(Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) andDraconetta xenicaJordan & Fowler 1903 (Draconettidae), andAcanthurus maculiceps(Ahl 1923) (Acanthuridae). A record ofPlectropomus maculatus(Bloch 1790) (Serranidae) from Grande Terre, New Caledonia is confirmed. This paper also includes new depth records ofZenion longipinnis, Plectranthias rubrifasciatus, Synagrops philippinensis, Centrodraco ornatusandDraconetta xenica.