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 Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus 1758) —Whitecheek surgeonfish Status at New Ireland . New record , based on specimens photographed on 1–2 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in Kavieng District (see Teitelbaum et al . 2013 : 15); a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island , southeast of New Hanover , at 6–21 m depth, St. KR 124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell ). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 1, 2.—General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Guerrero ( Mexico ), north to Rykyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia . Found in exposed seaward reefs, often below the surge zone, 1–67 m depth. Marine.