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 (Fowler 1938) Fowler 1938 [151,626,834,859] Actinopterygii Bathyclupeidae Neobathyclupea GBIF Animalia Perciformes 177 178 Chordata species megaceps   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11357( 1 specimen, 119.4 mm SL, St. CP4498-14, north of New Hanover).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Philippinessouth to Papua New Guinea. Bathypelagic, 465–800 mdepth. Marine.   Remarks.The two species  Neobathyclupea megaceps(Fowler 1938)and  N. gracilis(Fowler 1938)express much overlap in their morphological characters; the diagnoses of Prokofiev (2014)are not useful to distinguish these two taxa. We suspect that the two are synonymous.