Pempheris oualensis

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa to Line and Marquesas islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island and Rapa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes. Found in large schools under overhanging corals and in caves of lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1 – 36 m depth. Marine.

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

Figs 9, 10, Suppl. material 2 Standard Japanese name: Yume-hatampo

Sumber: A review of the genus Pempheris (Teleostei, Pempheridae) found in Japan and Taiwan

Distribution. Widely distributed in the western to central Pacific Ocean (not in the Hawaiian Islands), and Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Island in the Indian Ocean. In Japanese waters, this species is known from Tanega-shima to Yonaguni-jima islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Minamidaito-jima Island in the Daito Islands, and Haha-shima and Chichi-jima islands in the Ogasawara Islands. In Taiwanese waters, this species is known from Nang-fang-ao in Yilan County, Yeh Liu in New Taipei City, Tainan County, Chung-chou in Kaohsung County, Hengchung, and Kenting in Pingtung County, Fugang in Taitung County, and Lanyu (Fig. 10).

Sumber: A review of the genus Pempheris (Teleostei, Pempheridae) found in Japan and Taiwan