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 Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus 1758) —Silver mono ( Fig. 79 ) Status at New Ireland . New record , based on a school photographed by Serge Andréfouët off the southern tip of Bauddisson Island , Kavieng District , St. KVG15, on 17 Aug. 2014 . Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: South and East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Caroline Islands ( Micronesia ), Mariana Islands and Samoa , north to southern Japan , south to Western Australia and to New Caledonia . Schooling in estuaries or freshwater streams, occasionally in coastal waters, 1–10 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water, marine.