Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède 1802) —Striped large-eye bream

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on photograph taken on 1 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 7 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken off southeastern New Hanover at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.— General distribution: East Africa east to Line and Pitcairn islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia. Found in shallow, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 3–20 m depth. Marine .