Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands east to Line Islands and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on sand-rubble bottoms with isolated coral heads, 1 – 18 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
