Pleurosicya fringilla Larson 1990

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 : 287

Pleurosicya fringilla Larson 1990 —Staghorn ghostgoby

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM 11423 (1 male, St. KR 16, west of Nago Island, Kavieng District , 02°36.111’S 150°45.933’E, 4–26 m depth, coral drop-off, 4 June 2014).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland ( Australia). Found on branches of Acropora or Pocillopora corals, 3–30 m depth. Marine.