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 6RRFG Jordan & Evermann 1903 non Jordan & Evermann 1903 [151,366,1290,1315] Actinopterygii Holocentridae Myripristis Animalia Beryciformes 80 81 Chordata species berndti   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from  New Irelandby Allen & Erdmann (2012: 168). Specimensobserved at Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Survey, and by Barry C. Russellon  21 and 28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Patio Island, southeast of New Hanoverat  5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africaeast to Costa Rica, north to Ryukyu, Ogasawara and Midway islands, south to Western Australia at 22°S, Lord Howe and Kermadec islands, and Rapa. Found in coral-rich areas of subtidal reef flats, channels and margins of outer reef slopes, and also on rocky reefs, hiding in holes and crevices during the day, 1–50 mdepth. Marine.