Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791) —Three-striped whiptail (Fig. 73)

Status at New Ireland. New record from New Guinea, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 21 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 28 June 2009; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Malaysia east to Solomon Islands, north to Philippines. Found in coastal reefs and lagoons, 2–30 m depth. Marine.