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 4VSSY (Bloch 1793) Bloch 1793 [151,519,1725,1750] Actinopterygii Nemipteridae Scolopsis Animalia Perciformes 165 166 Chordata species bilineata   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on  1–2 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; another photographed at St. KVG26 (off western Bauddisson Island) by Serge Andréfouëton  23 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at  3–32 mdepth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Maldivesand Sri Lankaeast to Caroline Islandsand Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australiaand Lord Howe Island. Solitary or in small groups, in sand-rubble areas adjacent to coral reefs. Juveniles mimic  Meiacanthus grammistes, 0–25 mdepth. Marine.