Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Yap (Caroline Islands) and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Usually solitary, occasionally in pairs, in coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 1 – 30 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
