Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758) — Oriental sweetlips

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on photographs taken on 1 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014 .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa and Mascarenes east to Guam and Society Islands, south to New Caledonia. Found above coral reefs or inshore rocky reefs, juveniles in the lagoon, 2–25 m depth. Marine.