Epinephelus radiatus (Day 1868)

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 : 119

Epinephelus radiatus (Day 1868) —Oblique-banded grouper

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11209 (1 specimen, 29.6 mm SL, St. CP 4456-3, northeast of Bangatang), and NTUM 11302 (1 specimen, 38.6 mm SL, St. CP 4489-20, northwest of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Comores and western Mascarenes east to New Britain ( Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland ( Australia). Found above hard substrate, 18–383 m depth. Marine.