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 7FHQ5 Baissac 1953 Baissac 1953 [151,562,1124,1149] Actinopterygii Serranidae Variola Animalia Perciformes 125 126 Chordata species albimarginata   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from  New Irelandby Kailola(1987b: 233); subsequently reported from Lihir Group, Namatamai District,  New Irelandby Fry et al. (2006: 130). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell during 14–28 June 2014.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 5.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, Samoaand Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland( Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary in seaward coral and rocky reefs, 4–200 mdepth. Marine.