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 6YMTM (Schlegel 1852) Schlegel 1852 [151,519,253,278] Actinopterygii Siganidae Siganus Animalia Perciformes 297 298 Chordata species puellus   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 2014; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover,  3–25 mdepth, St. KR90, 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 Islandsand New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found in coral-rich areas of coral reefs, 1–30 mdepth. Marine.