Distribution: from Eastern Africa to southern Japan, Tuamotu, and Australia.
Replaced by very similar Cetoscarus bicolor in the Red Sea.
at N’Gouja (Mayotte) © paradis974
at Port Launay (Seychelles) © paradis974
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands)
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia)
at Embudu (Maldives) © maminise
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © maupiti60
at Embudu (Maldives) © manceau
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Pandan Island (Philippines) © manceau
at Nosy Tanikely (Madagascar) © nicoleguillemin
at Biyadhoo (Maldives) © chris-burton
at Green Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef)
at Bunaken Timur (Indonesia)
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © subdadyves
at Vilamendhoo (Maldives) © dominique
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