Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken on north coast of Manne Island, Kavieng District at 1–11 m depth, St. KR36, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); another taken at Nubilus Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR88, in 2014.
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Maldives and Sri Lanka east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on inshore rocky and coral outcrops, 0–3 m depth. Marine.