Chromis elerae Fowler & Bean 1928 —Twinspot chromis

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed by Serge Andréfouët off the southern tip of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District, St. KVG15, on 17 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern 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: Maldives and Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Found on seaward reef slopes, 12–70 m depth. Marine.