Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — Cocos-Keeling Islands (eastern Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found among branching coral, in coastal, lagoon and seaward reefs, 1 – 50 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
