Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) —Double-spotted queenfish.

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover as Chorinemus sancti-petri by Munro (1958: 185); previously misidentified from Carteret Harbour, New Ireland as Chorinemus tolo (non Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832) by Peters (1877: 836), and from Matalanaua, New Hanover as Chorinemus tala (non Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832) by Munro (1958: 184). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005 by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey, and by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Exmouth Gulf (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia) at Sydney, New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa. Adults found in clear lagoon and seaward coral reefs, juveniles inshore and in estuaries, 0–100 m depth. Transitional water and marine.