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 3TQMZ (Bleeker 1853) Bleeker 1853 [151,593,799,824] Actinopterygii Labridae Leptojulis Animalia Perciformes 233 234 Chordata species cyanopleura   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen in a video of a specimen taken east of Nago Island, Kavieng District, at  2–9 mdepth, St. KR28, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Alexander Passage, off southeastern New Hanover, at  5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa, MozambiqueChannel, Seychellesand western Mascarenes east to Micronesia, Samoaand Tonga, north to Japanand Ogasawara Islands, south to Australiaand Loyalty Islands( New Caledonia). Found in coral-rich areas, 7–55 mdepth. Marine.