Plectranthias longimanus (Weber 1913)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 121

Plectranthias longimanus (Weber 1913) —Longfin perchlet

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11424 (1 male, 21.7 mm SL, St. KD 62, around Prochol Island, Kavieng District , 02°34.007’S 150°33.694’E, 6–7 m depth, sand and broken shells, 20 June 2014). WAM material (WAM P.28186-005, 2 specimens, Kavieng).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Fiji, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 6–75 m depth. Marine.