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 4LQ74 (Bleeker 1853) Bleeker 1853 [151,673,1807,1832] Actinopterygii Pomacanthidae Pomacanthus Animalia Perciformes 197 198 Chordata species xanthometopon   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on  2 June 2013, first dive, during ACIAR Aquarium Surveyat Kavieng(see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14, as  P. xanthometapon); a specimen observed at Kaviengfish market by Barry C. Russellon  14 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon  22 Aug. 2008; a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island, southeast of New Hanover, at  6–21 mdepth, St. KR124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.— Maldivesand Chagos Archipelago east to Philippinesand Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found in coral-rich areas of coral reefs, 5–30 mdepth. Marine.