Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Andréfouët, Serge Chen, Wei-Jen Kinch, Jeff Mana, Ralph Russell, Barry C. Tully, Dean White, William T. Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 79Y7Z (Bleeker 1857) Bleeker 1857 [151,643,295,320] Actinopterygii Ophichthidae Scolecenchelys Animalia Anguilliformes 53 54 Chordata species macroptera   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from St. Mathiasas  Muraenichthys macropterusby Duncker & Mohr (1929: 81), based on ZMH 15549.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 4.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Sand bottom near reefs, 1–20 mdepth. Marine.