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 53XV9 Cressey 1981 Cressey 1981 [151,505,1300,1325] Actinopterygii Synodontidae Synodus Animalia Aulopiformes 63 64 Chordata species oculeus   Status at New Ireland. New recordfrom New Hanover, based on a NTUM material ( 2 specimens, St. CP4418-22- 23, northeast of New Hanover).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascareast to Philippinesand New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to eastern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found on sand or sand-rubble areas of the lower continental and insular shelf and upper slope, 44–335 mdepth. Marine.