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 6HV3J (Valenciennes 1832) Valenciennes 1832 [151,601,439,464] Actinopterygii Apogonidae Fibramia GBIF,CoL Animalia Perciformes 131 132 Chordata species lateralis   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Kawieng,  New Irelandas  Apogon lateralisby Duncker & Mohr (1929: 57), based on ZMH 12755.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Samoa, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Forming aggregations in sheltered bays and lagoons, including mangrove habitats, occasionally entering the lower reaches of freshwater rivers and streams, 0–3 mdepth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.