Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker 1856)

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 : 141

Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker 1856) —Threadfin cardinalfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on USNM 392691 (40) from Nusa Island, Kavieng District; a specimen observed at Anelaua Island , New Hanover , 2–16 m depth, St. T 22, on 6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Forming aggregations among branching corals, in sheltered bays and lagoons, 1–12 m depth. Marine.