Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Andréfouët, Serge Chen, Wei-Jen Kinch, Jeff Mana, Ralph Russell, Barry C. Tully, Dean White, William T. Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 56NHP (Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775) Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775 [151,674,762,787] Actinopterygii Engraulidae Thryssa Animalia Clupeiformes 55 56 Chordata species baelama   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from Kavieng, New Irelandby Kailola 1975: 31). KFRS material.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa and Mascarenes east to Caroline and Mariana islands, Samoaand Tonga, north to Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland( Australia) at 16°30'S, and New Caledonia. Pelagic in coastal waters near reefs, and in estuaries, 0–50 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.