Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Andaman Sea east to Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms of sheltered reefs, associated with alpheid shrimps, 2 – 10 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