Pomacanthus semicirculatus

Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831) —Semicircle angelfish Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Port Praslin, New Ireland as Holacanthus semicirculatus by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1831: 191), based on MNHN material; reported as Holacanthus semi-circulatus by Lesson (1831: 173, poissons pl. 30, fig. 3). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 10 m depth, by Dean Tully on 24 June 2013. Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Juveniles found in tidal pools, semi-protected channels and on outer reef flats; adults under ledges and in caves of coral-rich lagoon and seaward reefs, 1–30 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 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
{"references":["Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. & Valenciennes, A. (1831) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septieme. Livre septieme. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitieme. Des poissons a pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. F. G. Levrault, Paris, xix + 5 + 509 pp, pls. 209 - 245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1 - 440, Valenciennes 441 - 531.]","Lesson, R. P. (1831) Poissons. In: Duperrey, L. I. (ed.), Foyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majeste La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie tome 2. Paris. (Pt. 1, text): 66 - 238; Atlas (1832): pls. 1 - 38."]}