Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Kinch, Jeff Author Mana, Ralph Author Russell, Barry C. Author Tully, Dean Author White, William T. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 journal article 26780 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 8bb17a01-6ca6-4225-a42c-be3cb22e3db0 1175-5326 2988163 C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873 Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch 1789) —Japanese parrotfish ( Fig. 113 ) Status at New Ireland . New record , based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island , Kavieng District at 7 m depth by Dean Tully on 24 Sept. 2015 ; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover , at 4–51 m depth, St. KR 110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell ). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa and western Mascarenes east to Tonga , north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland ( Australia ) and New Caledonia . Found on seaward coral and rocky reefs, usually on inner reefs with rich coral habitat, 1–20 m depth. Marine.