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 449L9 (Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775) Forsskal in Niebuhr 1775 [151,743,439,464] Actinopterygii Lethrinidae Monotaxis Animalia Perciformes 172 173 Chordata species grandoculis   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from Carteret Harbour, Lambom,  New Irelandby Peters (1877: 834). Specimensobserved by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russellduring  7–28 June 2014; others photographed at St. KVG18 (south side of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouëton  18 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at  3–32 mdepth, St. KR88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Hawaiian and Line islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to Exmouth Gulf ( Western Australia) and Queensland( Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga, Austral and Gambier islands. Found on sand and rubble areas near coral and rocky reefs, 1–60 mdepth. Marine.