Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908)

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 : 315-316

Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908) —Largescale dwarf flounder

Status at New Ireland. New record New Ireland , based on NTUM 11456 (2 specimens, 40.5–42.8 mm SL, St.

KD82, Albatross Passage, Kavieng District, Bismarck Sea, 02°44.59’S 150°43.137’E, 3–13 m depth, 26 June 2014).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and Saint Brandon’s Shoals east to Papua New Guinea, south to New Caledonia. Found on sand or mud bottoms, 3–91 m depth. Marine.