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 M8R2 Allen 1973 Allen 1973 [151,542,1447,1472] Actinopterygii Labridae Bodianus Animalia Perciformes 222 223 Chordata species bimaculatus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District,  1–50 mdepth, St. T4, on  31 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Madagascar, Mauritius(Mascarenes); eastern Indonesiaeast to Palauand New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledoniaand northern New Zealand. Found on steep seaward reef slopes, 30–70 mdepth. Marine.