Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan and Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Australia. Usually in pairs, in coastal reefs, often near steep slopes, 3 – 30 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