Foa fo Jordan & Seale 1905 —Weedy cardinalfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen in a video of a specimen taken east of Nago Island, Kavieng District, at 2–9 m depth, St. KR28, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar and Maldives east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa. Solitary or in small groups, in seagrass beds or sand-rubble areas, 0– 15 m depth. Marine.