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 4VWVT (Jenkins 1903) Jenkins 1903 [151,588,439,464] Actinopterygii Scorpaenidae Scorpaenodes Animalia Scorpaeniformes 102 103 Chordata species kelloggi   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11459( 1 specimen, 28.1 mm SL, St. KF1, west of Nago Island, Kavieng District,  3 June 2014), and NTUM 11452( 1 specimen, 56.6 mm SL, St. KM5, Povalal, northeast coast, Kavieng District, 02°40.976’S 150°56.961’E, intertidal,  11 June 2014). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amon on  24 May 2009.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Society and Marquesas islands, north to Philippines. Found in coral and rubble habitats, 1–24 mdepth. Marine.