Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) —Chestnut blenny

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusa Island, Kavieng District, 1–27 m depth, St. T 8, on 1 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Kapingamarangi (Micronesia) and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia and New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands, and Tonga. Found in the surge zone of exposed reef crests, 0–3 m depth. Marine.