Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms of lagoon and seaward reef slopes, associated with alpheid shrimps, 0 – 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
