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 4Q2QX Iwamoto 2014 Iwamoto 2014 [151,560,1491,1516] Actinopterygii Percophidae Pteropsaron Animalia Perciformes 252 253 Chordata species levitoni   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11061( 1 female, 50.7 mm SL, St. DW4414-1, northeast of Bangatang), NTUM 11214( 1 female, 53.4 mm SL, St. DW4456-16, northeast of Bangatang), NTUM 11235( 1 female, 52.0 mm SL, St. CP4457-26, northeast of Bangatang Island), NTUM 11330( 1 male, 38.5 mm SL, St. CP4492-8, off northwest coast of New Hanover), and NTUM 11290( 1 male, 34.1 mm SL, St. DW4487-7, off northwest coast of New Hanover).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Philippinesto Papua New Guinea( Morobe, New Britain). Found on soft bottoms of the continental slope, 60–280 mdepth. Marine.   Remarks.This species was recently recorded from Morobeand New Britain, Papua New Guineaby Fricke (2015: 4).