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 764VC (Bennett 1831) Bennett 1831 [151,626,548,573] Actinopterygii Mullidae Parupeneus Animalia Perciformes 175 176 Chordata species pleurostigma   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusalomon Island, Kavieng District,  1–24 mdepth, St. T1, on  30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascarand Mascarenes; Andaman Sea east to Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales( Australia), Lord Howe Island, Raoul Island, New Caledonia, Tongaand Rapa. Found in sand-rubble bottoms near coral reefs, 1–75 mdepth. Marine.