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 6L24F Lacepede 1801 Lacepede 1801 [151,546,1879,1904] Actinopterygii Labridae Gomphosus Animalia Perciformes 226 227 Chordata species varius   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on photograph taken on  1 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District; a video of a specimen taken at Tungelo Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at  3–46 mdepth, St. KR104, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesiaeast to Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. Solitary, juveniles in groups, in coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 0–35 mdepth. Marine.