Gymnocranius frenatus Bleeker 1873

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 : 170

Gymnocranius frenatus Bleeker 1873 —Yellowsnout large-eye bream

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea. Found on sand or rubble bottoms near coral reefs, 20–80 m depth. Marine.

Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830) —Blue-lined large-eye bream

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Lihir Group, Namatamai District, New Ireland by Fry et al. (2006: 129).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 5.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles and Comores and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, Line Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland ( Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Found on sand or rubble bottoms near coral reefs, 20–170 m depth. Marine.