Hoplolatilus starcki Randall & Dooley 1974 —Bluehead tilefish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 20 m depth, by Dean Tully on 26 June 2013; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover at 3–47 m depth, St. KR 106, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Caroline and Tuamotu islands, north to Philippines, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Usually in pairs, hovering above sand bottom of steep seaward reef slopes, 9–105 m depth. Marine.