Fusigobius melacron (Randall 2001) —Blacktip sandgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken at Pochol Island, east of New Hanover, at 6–7 m depth, St. KD 62, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); a specimen observed in Selapiu Island, Kavieng District, 1–6 m depth, St. T 15, on 3 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Andaman Sea east to Palau and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary, on sand bottoms near reefs, 6–31 m depth. Marine.