Lutjanus argentimaculatus

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, western Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Greenough River (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), and Tonga; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 4 March 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Nonindigenous species, no conservation action needed.

Sumber: The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 5. — General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and Tonga, immigrated through the Suez Canal into the eastern Mediterranean. Juveniles and young adults occur in estuaries, the lower reaches of freshwater streams and tidal creeks; adults are often found in groups around coral or rocky reefs, 0 – 100 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.

Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records