Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur 1821) — Hound needlefish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Hanover, as Tylosurus indica by Munro (1958: 134); reported from southern New Ireland by Parin (1967: 64). A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey. Collected at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 7, 14 and 28 June 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, except eastern Pacific, 0–3 m depth. Transitional water and marine.