Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766)

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, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 88

Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus 1766) —Dragon sea moth

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11413 ( 1 specimen, 32.2 mm SL, St. KD 45, north Limus Island, Kavieng District , 02°36.370’S 150°39.289’E, 50–60 m depth, 22 June 2014).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand or rubble bottoms, 0– 90 m depth. Marine.