Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède [ex Commerson] 1800) —Narrow-banded Spanish mackerel, king mackerel (Fig. 153)

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Feni Island and New Hanover as Cybium commersoni by Munro (1958: 262–263); subsequently reported from Tigak Islands, Kavieng by Wright & Richards (1985: 73). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell during 7–28 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 12 Oct. 2007. KFRS material.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Palau and Fiji north to Korea and southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island, recently immigrated into eastern Mediterranean through Suez Canal. Pelagic, from shallow water to edge of continental shelf, 10–70 m depth. Marine.