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 4NKPQ (Peters 1855) Peters 1855 [151,628,1777,1802] Actinopterygii Serranidae Pseudanthias Animalia Perciformes 124 125 Chordata species squamipinnis   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Nusa Island, Kavieng District,  1–27 mdepth, St. T8, on  1 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar, Aldabra and western Mascarenes east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and Tonga. Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1–20 mdepth. Marine.