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 79VXT Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775 Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775 [151,646,1572,1597] Actinopterygii Scaridae Scarus Animalia Perciformes 243 244 Chordata species ghobban   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellon  7–21 June 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: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Panama, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe Island and Rapa. Found in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, on slopes and drop-offs; juveniles inshore on algae reef habitat; entering silty, murky environments, 1–90 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.