Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)

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 : 305

Naso tonganus (Valenciennes [ex Quoy & Gaimard] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835)—Bulbnose unicornfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusalomon Island, Kavieng District, 1–24 m depth, St. T1, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Found in seaward reefs, 3–20 m depth. Marine.