Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Solitary or in small groups in reefs, 2 – 200 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