Yellow teardrop butterflyfish
Distribution: from Eastern Africa to Sumatra. Common for example in Reunion Island‘s lagoons.
Replaced by the looking-like Chaetodon unimaculatus in the Pacific Ocean.
at Récif Attitude (Mauritius) © roze
at Trou-aux-Biches (Mauritius) © mibouvet
at Blue Bay (Mauritius) © mcpeff
at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island)
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island)
at L’Etang Salé (Réunion Island)
at L’Etang Salé (Réunion Island) © danode
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