Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833 )

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 : 145

Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833) —Coachwhip trevally

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 183); previously misidentified from Matanalaua River, New Hanover as Carangoides armatus (non Rüppell, 1830) by Munro (1958: 182–183).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: East Africa east to Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Pelagic on sand-rubble bottoms near coral or rocky reefs, 1–100 m depth. Transitional water and marine.