Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre 1935) —Gold-streaked shrimpgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Limmelon Island, Kavieng District, 1–14 m depth, St. T 3, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Sri Lanka east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms of coastal and seaward reef slopes, associated with alpheid shrimps, 1–20 m depth. Marine.