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 3RKVJ Randall & Springer 1975 Randall & Springer 1975 [151,691,1484,1509] Actinopterygii Labridae Labroides Animalia Perciformes 232 233 Chordata species pectoralis   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed on  1 and 3 June 2013during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District(see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15); another at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Seaside of northern Kavieng Districtby Serge Andréfouëton  18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Alexander Passage, off southeastern New Hanover, at  5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling Islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesiaeast to Caroline Islandsand Vanuatu, north to Philippinesand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found solitary or in small groups, in coral-rich areas of coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 2–30 mdepth. Marine.