Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther 1871) —Saddled shrimpgoby (Fig. 137)

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District by Dietmar Amon on 12 Apr. 2013, and at 3 m depth by Dean Tully on 21 June 2013 .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau, Tonga and Samoa, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms near lagoon or seaward coral reefs, associated with alpheid shrimps, 0–25 m depth. Marine.