Distribution: from Eastern Africa to southern Japan, Tuamotu, and Australia.
Replaced by very similar Cetoscarus bicolor in the Red Sea.
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © maupiti60
at Embudu (Male Atolls) © manceau
at Wakatobi Dive Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Pandan Island (Philippines) © manceau
at Nosy Tanikely (Madagascar) © nicoleguillemin
at Biyadhoo (Male Atolls) © chris-burton
at Green Island (Queensland)
at Bunaken (Indonesia)
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © subdadyves
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