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 7638J (Bloch 1787) Bloch 1787 [151,566,1273,1298] Actinopterygii Cynoglossidae Paraplagusia Animalia Pleuronectiformes 318 319 Chordata species bilineata   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from Matanalaua River, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 285)   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East and South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascarand Mascarenes ( Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippinesand New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland( Australia). Solitary on sand or mud bottoms, entering estuaries, 1–25 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.