Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2, 5. — General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary in seaward coral and rocky reefs, 4 – 200 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
