Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker 1853) —Shoulderspot wrasse

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen in a video of a specimen taken east of Nago Island, Kavieng District, at 2–9 m depth, St. KR 28, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Alexander Passage, off southeastern New Hanover, at 5–14 m depth, St. KR 96, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles and western Mascarenes east to Micronesia, Samoa and Tonga, north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Found in coral-rich areas, 7–55 m depth. Marine.