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 3FX2R Cuvier Cuvier 1829 [151,472,1734,1759] Actinopterygii Gerreidae Gerres Animalia Perciformes 159 160 Chordata species filamentosus   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Hanover by Peters (1877: 832); reported from Kulineua and Matalanaua rivers, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 198–199). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand western Mascarenes east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Adults on shallow soft bottoms adjacent to coral reefs, also entering lower reaches of rivers and streams, juveniles in estuaries, 0–50 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.