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 TC6G Linnaeus 1758 Linnaeus 1758 [151,602,1957,1982] Actinopterygii Chaetodontidae Chaetodon Animalia Perciformes 188 189 Chordata species vagabundus   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from St. Mathiasby Duncker & Mohr (1929: 73), based on ZMH 11732.  Specimens photographed in Kavieng region on 1–4 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14); a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, 4–12 mdepth, St. KR130, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marshall, northern Line and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to Kimberleys (Western Australia), Lord Howe, Norfolk and Austral islands. Found on coral and rocky reefs, including areas with freshwater runoff, 0–30 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.