Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz 1974) —Steinitz' shrimpgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at Nusakelo Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 5–12 m depth, St. KR 114, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); a specimen observed at Nusa Channel, Kavieng District, 1–19 m depth, St. T 2, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to Chesterfield Islands, Grande Terre Group and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Found on sand bottoms of coastal and seaward reefs, associated with an alpheid shrimp, 6–35 m depth. Marine.