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 3RFCC (Lacepede 1802) Lacepede 1802 [151,539,1578,1603] Actinopterygii Kuhliidae Kuhlia Animalia Perciformes 199 200 Chordata species rupestris   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 4.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascarand Mascarenes east to Caroline and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland( Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in estuaries and fast-flowing stretches of middle and lower reaches of rivers, 0–2 mdepth. Freshwater and transitional water.