Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands, and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in sheltered reefs, 1 – 12 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