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 (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835) Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835 [151,977,1217,1242] Actinopterygii Leiognathidae Aurigequula Animalia Perciformes 148 149 Chordata species longispina   Status at New Ireland.First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover as  Equula decoraby Munro (1958: 197).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Seychelles, Réunion(Mascarenes) and Indiaeast to Palawan( Philippines) and New Guinea, north to Gulf of Thailand, south to Onslow (Western Australia). Schooling in coastal waters, 1–30 mdepth. Marine.