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 3HVC4 (Ruppell 1830) Ruppell 1830 [151,681,973,998] Actinopterygii Muraenidae Gymnothorax Animalia Anguilliformes 50 51 Chordata species flavimarginatus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon  4 Mar. 2008.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa and Transkei ( South Africa) east to Panama, north to Ryukyu, Ogasawara and Hawaiian islands, south to northern Australiaat 24°49'Sand New Caledonia. Found in crevices in inshore and seaward coral and rocky reefs; young specimens in tidal pools, 0–150 mdepth. Marine.