Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika 1988 —Signalfin sandgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another video taken in Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, 3–13 m depth, St. KD 83, in 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Found on sand bottom in lagoon and seaward reefs, 3–30 m depth. Marine.