Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus (Lachner in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods 1953)

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 : 136

Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus (Lachner in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods 1953) —Black- striped cardinalfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Nusa Island , Kavieng , New Ireland as Apogon nigrofasciatus by Randall & Lachner (1986: 118). USNM 267276 (1); a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary or in pairs, during the day in caves or under ledges, in coral reef lagoons and seaward coral reefs, 1–50 m depth. Marine.