Meiacanthus grammistes (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) —Striped fangblenny

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 7 m depth, by Dean Tully on 18 Sept. 2012; a video of a specimen taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in coastal, lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 0–10 m depth. Marine.