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 6VQLF (Bleeker 1855) Bleeker 1855 [151,642,727,752] Actinopterygii Serranidae Plectropomus Animalia Perciformes 121 122 Chordata species oligacanthus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on  4 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; a specimen observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russellon  28 June 2014; a specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amon on  28 Mar. 2007, another at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Sea side of northern Kavieng Districtby Serge Andréfouët on  18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR154, at  6–20 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesiaeast to Marshall and Solomon islands, north to Sabah( Malaysia) and Philippines, south to Cape York ( Queensland, Australia). Found on seaward coral reef slopes, 5–147 mdepth. Marine.