Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Andréfouët, Serge Chen, Wei-Jen Kinch, Jeff Mana, Ralph Russell, Barry C. Tully, Dean White, William T. Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 66LRM Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 [151,809,151,176] Actinopterygii Gobiidae Ancistrogobius Animalia Perciformes 273 274 Chordata species yanoi   Status at New Ireland. Reportedfrom  New Irelandin original description by Shibukawa et al. (2010: 82); a specimen observed at Balang Island, New Hanover,  1–18 mdepth, St. T21, on  6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.   Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: West Papua( Indonesia) and Philippineseast to Chuuk( Caroline Islands) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Sand and mud bottoms near sheltered reefs, 0–12 mdepth. Marine.