Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall 2007 —Dorsalspot shrimpgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Balang Island, New Hanover, 0–18 m depth, St. T 21, on 6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands. Found on sand bottom near coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs, associated with a alphaeid shrimp, 5–35 m depth. Marine.