Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758) —Lined surgeonfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15); others photographed at St. KVG18b (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014; specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 7 and 21 June 2014; 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 and South Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Hawaiian, Marquesas and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to southern Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in clear coral reefs, usually found on reef flats and along upper seaward slopes, 0–25 m depth. Marine.