Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Kinch, Jeff Author Mana, Ralph Author Russell, Barry C. Author Tully, Dean Author White, William T. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 journal article 26780 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 8bb17a01-6ca6-4225-a42c-be3cb22e3db0 1175-5326 2988163 C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873 Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède 1801 —Harlequin sweetlips Status at New Ireland . First recorded from New Ireland as Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides by Allen & Erdmann (2012 : 473). A specimen photographed on 2 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey at Kavieng ; specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 14 and 28 June 2014 . A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 1 Aug. 2009 , another at St. KVG 17 on the Bismarck Sea side of northern Kavieng District by Serge Andréfouët on 18 Aug. 2014 ; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover at 4–51 m depth, St. KR 110, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell ). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 1, 2.—General distribution: Mauritius and Maldives east to western Caroline Islands and Tonga , north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland ( Australia ) and New Caledonia . Solitary, in coastal coral reefs, lagoons, and on seaward reef slopes, during the day often under ledges, 1–30 m depth. Transitional water and marine