Fistularia commersonii Rüppell 1838

Fistularia commersonii Rüppell 1838 View in CoL —Cornetfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11407 ( 1 specimen, 110.0 mm SL, St. KR 30, Kavieng Harbour, Kavieng District, 2°35.472S 150°47.211’E, 6 m depth, 6 June 2014); previously misidentified from St. Mathias as Fistularia villosa (non Klunzinger, 1871) by Duncker & Mohr (1925: 4), based on ZMH 11923; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, at 7–41 m depth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution: 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 depth. Marine.