Creediidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 144

Creediidae

Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904 —Banded sand-burrower

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang and New Guinea, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PMB-1. CAS and NTUM material (CAS 65627; NTUM 10206).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Philippines and New Guinea east to Gilbert Islands ( Kiribati) and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Sand and gravel bottoms near coral or rocky reefs, 0– 12 m. Marine.