Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) — Ternate chromis

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at St. KVG18 (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found sheltered coral reefs and lagoons, 2–15 m depth. Marine.