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 6KXG5 (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Quoy & Gaimard 1834 [151,741,1326,1351] Actinopterygii Labridae Halichoeres Animalia Perciformes 230 231 Chordata species trimaculatus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District,  1–19 mdepth, St. T5, on  31 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen; also at Balang Island, New Hanover,  0–18 mdepth, St. T21, on  6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands east to Line Islands and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms with isolated coral heads, 1–18 mdepth. Marine.