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 6J77G Ruppell 1838 Ruppell 1838 [151,585,1974,1999] Actinopterygii Fistulariidae Fistularia Animalia Syngnathiformes 96 97 Chordata species commersonii  Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11407( 1 specimen, 110.0 mm SL, St. KR30, Kavieng Harbour, Kavieng District, 2°35.472S 150°47.211’E, 6 mdepth, 6 June 2014); previously misidentified from St. Mathias as  Fistularia villosa(non Klunzinger, 1871) by Duncker & Mohr (1925: 4), based on ZMH 11923; a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, at 7–41 mdepth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africaeast to Panama, north to southern Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to northern New Zealand; also southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Found above soft bottoms adjacent to coral and rocky reefs, at depths of 1–128 mdepth. Marine.