Synchiropus moyeri Zaiser & Fricke 1985 —Moyer's dragonet

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District by Dietmar Amon on 15 Oct. 2007.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Central Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms near reefs, 5–30 m depth. Marine.