Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Society and Marquesas Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Found among mangroves and in protected bays, 0 – 2 m depth. Transitional water, marine.
Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
