Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker 1852) —Spiny waspfish Status at New Ireland. New record, based on two specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District at 2 m depth by Dean Tully, 19 Sept. 2015. Distribution and habitat. Maldives and Andaman Islands east to Philippines, south to New Guinea. Found in areas with sand, rubble and weed adjacent to coral reefs, 1–20 m depth. Marine.

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163