Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Caroline and Line islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Taiwan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Found in seaward coral reefs, 5 – 65 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
