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 Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker 1877 —Scaly chromis Status at New Ireland . New record , based on a video of a specimen taken off Nusa Island, Kavieng District, 2–18 m depth, St. KR32, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Comores and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands , Line Islands, Fiji and Tonga , north to southern Japan , south to Western Australia , Queensland ( Australia ) and New Caledonia . Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs, 2–20 m depth. Marine.