Pseudocheilinops ataenia Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960

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 : 236

Pseudocheilinops ataenia Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods 1960 —Midget wrasse

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at northwestern Manne Island, Kavieng District, at 3–12 m depth, St. KR14, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, south to Solomon Islands. Found on rubble and coral patches of sheltered reefs, 5–15 m depth. Marine.