Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell 1830) — Yellow-edged moray (Fig. 13)

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 4 Mar. 2008.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa and Transkei (South Africa) east to Panama, north to Ryukyu, Ogasawara and Hawaiian islands, south to northern Australia at 24°49'S and New Caledonia. Found in crevices in inshore and seaward coral and rocky reefs; young specimens in tidal pools, 0–150 m depth. Marine.