Pomacentrus albimaculus Allen 1975

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 218

Pomacentrus albimaculus Allen 1975 —Whitespot damselfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 611). Specimens photographed at St. KVG19 ( Bagail Bay , Kavieng District ) by Serge Andréfouët on 19 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Passage, southeast of New Hanover at 5–16 m depth, St. KR 118, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Endemic to New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Rocky reef and gravel habitats near sand bottom, 10–20 m depth. Marine.