Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789) —Japanese parrotfish (Fig. 113)

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District at 7 m depth by Dean Tully on 24 Sept. 2015; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover, at 4–51 m depth, St. KR 110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa and western Mascarenes east to Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found on seaward coral and rocky reefs, usually on inner reefs with rich coral habitat, 1–20 m depth. Marine.