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 4JN62 (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758 [151,528,978,1003] Actinopterygii Ephippidae Platax Animalia Perciformes 295 296 Chordata species pinnatus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kaviengfish market by Barry C. Russellduring  7–28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at  3–32 mdepth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesiaeast to Philippinesand New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland( Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary in coastal coral reefs and on seaward reef slopes, 2–25 mdepth. Marine.