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 6HFSK (Linnaeus 1766) Linnaeus 1766 [151,604,1804,1829] Actinopterygii Pegasidae Eurypegasus Animalia Gasterosteiformes 87 88 Chordata species draconis   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11413( 1 specimen, 32.2 mm SL, St. KD45, north Limus Island, Kavieng District, 02°36.370’S 150°39.289’E,  50–60 mdepth,  22 June 2014).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand or rubble bottoms, 0– 90 mdepth. Marine.