Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found on sheltered sand bottoms including seagrass habitats, 0 – 20 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
