Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. Found on coral, rubble, or rock bottoms of reef flats, also in lagoon habitats, 1 – 80 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
