Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler 1946)

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 : 104

Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler 1946) —Dark-spotted scorpionfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11445 (1 specimen, 19.7 mm SL, St. KB 04, northwest point of Nusa Island, Kavieng District , 02°33.949’S 150°46.722’E, 15–17 m depth, 3 June 2014).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Pitcairn, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Found in seaward coral reefs, 0–20 m depth. Marine.