Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Kinch, Jeff Author Mana, Ralph Author Russell, Barry C. Author Tully, Dean Author White, William T. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 journal article 26780 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 8bb17a01-6ca6-4225-a42c-be3cb22e3db0 1175-5326 2988163 C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873 Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959) —Beautiful goby ( Fig. 140 ) Status at New Ireland . New record , based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island , Kavieng District , 4 m depth, by Dean Tully on 17 Sept. 2012 ; a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island , off eastern New Hanover , at 3–16 m depth, St. KR 98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell ). FIGURE 140 . Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959) , Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 4 m depth, 17 Sept. 2012 (underwater photograph: Dean Tully). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland : 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Caroline Islands and Samoa , north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia . Found in silty coastal and lagoon reefs, 0–30 m depth. Marine.