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 4V3NM (Kner 1868) Kner 1868 [151,461,1015,1040] Actinopterygii Scaridae Scarus Animalia Perciformes 245 246 Chordata species spinus   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed by Jeff Kinchduring CFMDP Surveyat Kaviengfish market in  2004–2005; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover, at  4–51 mdepth, St. KR110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Central Indonesiaeast to Marshall Islandsand Samoa, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australiaand New Caledonia. Solitary, in coastal and seaward coral reefs, 2–25 mdepth. Marine.