Ostorhinchus dispar (Fraser & Randall 1976)

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 : 134

Ostorhinchus dispar (Fraser & Randall 1976) —Whitespot cardinalfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed south of Bauddisson Island, Kavieng District , 1–50 m depth, St. T 4, on 31 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Palau and Fiji, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to Solomon Islands. Found on steep seaward reef slopes, 15–50 m depth. Marine.