Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: East Africa east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), and northern New Zealand. Found on inshore rocky reefs and lagoons and outer reef slopes, 0 – 15 m depth. Marine.
Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
