Gladiogobius ensifer Herre 1933

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 284

Gladiogobius ensifer Herre 1933 —Bandit goby

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; also at Balang Island, New Hanover , 1–18 m depth, St. T 21, on 6 Nov. 2006 .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Seychelles east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan. Found on rubble bottoms with dead corals, and on inshore reefs, 0–3 m depth. Transitional water, marine.