Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 157

Pristipomoides auricilla ( Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka 1927)—Goldflag jobfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Ireland by Fry et al. (2006: 130).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 5.—General distribution: Comores and Mascarenes, Andaman Sea east to Hawaiian Islands and Rapa, north to southern Japan, south to off northwestern Australia, Queensland ( Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Schooling above deep reefs or rock bottom, 90–360 m depth. Marine.