Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4. — General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian, Line and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to Kimberleys (Western Australia), Lord Howe Island and Tonga. Found in lagoon and seaward coral and rocky reefs, 2 – 61 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
