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 4VWXT Randall & Eschmeyer 2001 Randall & Eschmeyer 2001 [151,733,1052,1077] Actinopterygii Scorpaenidae Scorpaenopsis Animalia Scorpaeniformes 102 103 Chordata species obtusa   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at St. KVG2 ( Nusa Island, northwest of Kavieng, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouëton  11 Aug. 2014.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Central Indonesiaeast to Philippinesand Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Benthic on rubble bottoms, 2–15 mdepth. Marine.