Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay 1882)

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 : 217-218

Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay 1882) —Brown demoiselle

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken on north coast of Manne Island, Kavieng District at 1–11 m depth, St. KR 36, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Anelaua Island , off eastern New Hanover , at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, south to Australia and to Solomon Islands. Forming aggregations above silty bottom of lagoon and inshore reefs, 5–12 m depth. Marine.

Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker 1857) —Coral demoiselle

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen in a video of a specimen taken at Manne Island, Kavieng District, 3–25 m depth, St. KR 42, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Anelaua Island , off eastern New Hanover , at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, south to Solomon Islands. Forming aggregations in silty lagoons and near coastal reefs, 1–10 m depth. Marine.