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 77SDT (Broussonet 1782) Broussonet 1782 [151,617,1698,1723] Actinopterygii Polynemidae Polydactylus Animalia Perciformes 172 173 Chordata species plebeius   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Matanalaua Riverand Drei Inseln Harbour, New Hanoverby Munro (1958: 158). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in  2004–2005.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Philippines, Society Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Port Stephens (New South Wales), New Caledoniaand Tonga. Found on mud bottoms, including estuaries, 1–122 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.