Pherallodus indicus (Weber 1913)

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 : 263

Pherallodus indicus (Weber 1913) —Smalldisc clingfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11425 (1 specimen, 17.4 mm SL, St. KR 34, isolated bommie at entrance to Steffen Channel, Kavieng District , 02°43.745’S 150°37.144’E, 43 m depth, 12 June 2014), and NTUM 11447 (1 specimen, 8.2 mm SL, St. KR 38, east of Albatross Pass, Kavieng District , 02°45.236’S 150°43.360’E, 3–55 m depth, 8 June 2014) .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. 43 m depth. Marine.