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 5Z8PR (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836 [151,949,1842,1867] Actinopterygii Blenniidae Cirripectes Animalia Perciformes 254 255 Chordata species castaneus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusa Island, Kavieng District,  1–27 mdepth, St. T8, on  1 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Kapingamarangi ( Micronesia) and Samoa, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australiaand New South Wales( Australia), Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands, and Tonga. Found in the surge zone of exposed reef crests, 0–3 mdepth. Marine.