Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1. — General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Oman, Persian Gulf and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Found in coastal waters above soft bottoms, 1 – 100 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
Sumber: Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records