Helcogramma striata Hansen 1986

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 : 254

Helcogramma striata Hansen 1986 —Tropical striped triplefin

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from in orginal description from New Ireland by Hansen (1986: 351); record confirmed from Lemus, Nusau and Nusalomon Islands, Kavieng Lagoon by Fricke (1994: 436–441) and Fricke (1997: 480–489). A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 15 Oct. 2007; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Pass, east of New Hanover at 5–12 m depth, St. KR114, in 2014. USNM material.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Sri Lanka east to Line Islands, north to Izu Islands ( Japan), south to northern Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Cryptic, live corals, 1–20 m depth. Marine.