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 43372 (Bleeker 1856) Bleeker 1856 [151,510,1495,1520] Actinopterygii Syngnathidae Microphis Animalia Syngnathiformes 95 96 Chordata species retzii   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from Drei Inseln Harbour, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 143–144).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Indonesiaeast to Pohnpei( Micronesia) and Samoa, south to New Caledonia. Found in estuaries, rivers and streams, 0–5 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.