Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010

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 : 274

Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 —Yano's goby

Status at New Ireland. Reported from New Ireland in original description by Shibukawa et al. (2010: 82); a specimen observed at Balang Island, New Hanover, 1–18 m depth, St. T 21, on 6 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: West Papua ( Indonesia) and Philippines east to Chuuk ( Caroline Islands) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Sand and mud bottoms near sheltered reefs, 0–12 m depth. Marine.