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 QN74 (Ruppell 1837) Ruppell 1837 [151,588,1957,1982] Actinopterygii Monacanthidae Cantherhines Animalia Tetraodontiformes 326 327 Chordata species pardalis  Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Irelandby Fedoryako (1981: 99); a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR154, at 6–20 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken on the north coast of Kavieng District, at 6–24 mdepth, St. KR164, in 2014.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marquesas Islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands. Found in seaward coral and rocky reef slopes, often in silty habitat, sometimes with drifting seagrass, 0–20 mdepth. Marine.