Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen 2018

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 315

* Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen 2018 —New Guinea pelican flounder ( Fig. 155 )

Status at New Ireland. Recorded from New Ireland in original description by Tongboonkua et al. (2018), based on NTUM 11063 (holotype), St. CP 4418-2, northeast of New Hanover ; ASIZP 73775 (1 paratype), St. CP 3654, northeast of New Hanover ); NTUM 10675 (2 paratypes), St. CP 4419-1-2, northeast of New Hanover ; 1 specimen, St. CP 4421-1, northeast of New Hanover ; NTUM 12333 (2 paratypes), St. CP 4445-3-4, northeast of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Endemic to Papua New Guinea. Bathydemersal on soft bottoms, 273–505 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 155. Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen 2018, St. CP4419-1, northeast of New Hanover, 366 m depth (NTUM uncat.) (photograph by Jhen-Nien Chen, taken immediately after collection).