Pseudochromis marshallensis Schultz 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 : 129

Pseudochromis marshallensis Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods 1953 —Orange- spotted dottyback

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland by Gill (2004: 142), based on USNM material. NTUM 11435 (1 specimen, 27.0 mm SL, St. KB 46, Senta Pass, Nusakelo Island, Kavieng District, 02°34.581’S 150°32.998’E, 8 m depth, 18 June 2014).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary or in pairs in crevices in coral reefs, 0–30 m depth. Marine.