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 4F2TP Lesson 1831 Lesson 1831 [151,565,1015,1040] Actinopterygii Gobiidae Periophthalmus Animalia Perciformes 286 287 Chordata species kalolo   Status at New Ireland.Originally described in part from Port Praslin, New Irelandby Lesson (1831: 146–147); reported as  P. koelreuteri(non Pallas 1770) by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1837: 181).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3.—General distribution: Southern Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascarand western Mascarenes east to Fijiand Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland( Australia). Amphibious air-breather that spends most of its time out of the water; able to meet its oxygen requirements as long as it stays wet; typically resting on mud, or rocks, with their tails dipped in the water, 0–1 mdepth. Transitional water and marine.