Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Galapagos Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia at 14 ° 04 ' S, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Benthic in coral and rocky reefs, on reef flats, outer reef slopes, currentswept channels, and rarely on lagoon reefs, 5 – 43 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
