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 6G5PW Bloch 1793 Bloch 1793 [151,509,1401,1426] Actinopterygii Serranidae Epinephelus Animalia Perciformes 117 118 Chordata species merra   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from New Irelandby Peters (1877: 831); subsequently reported from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Irelandby Fry et al. (2006: 130). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell on 21 and 28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken in Senta Pass, east of New Hanover at 5–12 mdepth, St. KR114, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). ZMB material.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to WakeAtoll and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, Tongaand Rapa. Found in shallow protected and seaward coral reefs and lagoons, including tidal pools, 0–50 mdepth. Marine.