Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829

Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829 —Bigeye barracuda Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014. Specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 8 m depth, by Dean Tully on 9 July 2011. Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall, Marquesas and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Found in lagoon and seaward reefs, 6–300 m depth. Marine.
Published as part of 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, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163