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 6YMTP (Schneider & Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801) Schneider & Forster in Bloch & Schneider 1801 [151,958,865,890] Actinopterygii Siganidae Siganus Animalia Perciformes 297 298 Chordata species punctatus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellduring  7–28 June 2015; a video of a specimen taken at Echuca Shoal, New Hanover,  15–34 mdepth, St. KR158, 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 Marshall Islands, Tongaand Samoa, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. In pairs, lives in coral reefs, 1–40 mdepth. Marine.