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 YSZL (Bleeker 1851) Bleeker 1851 [151,682,151,176] Actinopterygii Syngnathidae Corythoichthys Animalia Syngnathiformes 92 93 Chordata species haematopterus   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from northern New Irelandby Dawson (1985: 41). Specimensphotographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon  12 June 2009. NTUM 11410( 2 specimens, 02°35.472'S 150°47.211'E, St. KR30,  6 June 2014).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand, rubble and seagrass associated with coral reefs, 1–15 mdepth. Marine.