Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker 1856

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 : 221

Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker 1856 —Moluccan damselfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken east of North Cape, Kavieng District, 3–20 m depth, St. KR 20, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island , off eastern New Hanover , at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. Found in silty shoreline reefs and lagoons, 1–10 m depth. Marine.