Fistulariidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 48

Fistulariidae

Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 —Red cornetfish, serrate flutemouth

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang; previously reported as Fistularia villosa (non Klunzinger, 1871) by Duncker & Mohr (1925: 4) and Herre (1933: 12). Specimens photographed at St. CTR 0 7, and by P. Laboute on 4 Dec. 2012. AMS and SU material (AMS I.16746-002, I.16748-002, I.19695-010; SU 28232). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East and South Africa east to Panama, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern New Zealand; also southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Found above soft bottoms adjacent to coral and rocky reefs, at depths of 1– 128 m. Marine.