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 KH7P (Bloch & Schneider 1801) Bloch & Schneider 1801 [151,743,942,967] Actinopterygii Balistidae Balistoides Animalia Tetraodontiformes 320 321 Chordata species conspicillum   Status at New Ireland. Firstrecorded from  New Irelandas  Balistes conspicillumby Lesson (1831: 112, poissons pl. 9, fig. 1). Specimensphotographed at Lissenung Islandby Dietmar Amonon  17 Apr. 2007and 6 Apr. 2008; a video of a specimen taken off Patio Island, southeast of New Hanoverat  5–14 mdepth, St. KR96, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East and South Africa, Seychellesand Mascarenes east to Samoa, north to southern Hokkaido( Japan) and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island. Found in clear seaward coral and rocky reefs adjacent to steep dropoffs, 1–75 mdepth. Marine.