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 6FTPH Forster 1801 [151,450,1375,1400] Actinopterygii Serranidae Epinephelus Animalia Perciformes 116 117 Chordata species hexagonatus   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Carteret Harbour,  New Irelandby Valenciennes in Cuvier& Valenciennes(1830b: 516); subsequently reported from  New Irelandby Peters (1877: 831). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellon  28 June 2014. KFRS material.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to WakeAtoll, northern Line Islands and PitcairnGroup, south to northern Australia, New Caledoniaand Rapa. Found in shallow parts of rocky and coral reefs including lagoons and tidal pools, 0–30 mdepth. Marine.