Centropyge multifasciata (Smith & Radcliffe 1911)

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 : 196

Centropyge multifasciata (Smith & Radcliffe 1911) —Multi-barred angelfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Tigak Islands, Kavieng District, New Ireland, by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 542). Specimens photographed in Kavieng region on 3–5 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14, as Paracentropyge multiflasciatusus ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland ( Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary or in small groups, in caves or under ledges of seaward coral reefs, 7–70 m depth. Marine.