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 4PTN3 Randall & Hoese 1985 Randall & Hoese 1985 [151,686,476,501] Actinopterygii Microdesmidae Ptereleotris Animalia Perciformes 294 295 Chordata species monoptera   Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed in 2012 at New Hanover by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Omanand Seychelleseast to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in outer reef lagoons and on seaward reef slopes, 6–50 mdepth. Marine.