Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), and New Caledonia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms and in seagrass beds near coral reefs, 1 – 20 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
